Betekenis van department In het Nederlands

• 0 a part of an organization such as a school, business, or government that deals with a particular area of study or work:

  • the chemistry department/the department of chemistry

  • The sales department is/are having a Christmas party this week.

  • the Department of Health and Social Security

  • Angers is the capital of the department of Maine-et-Loire.

• 1 any of the divisions or parts of esp. a school, business, or government:

  • Chavez is the head of the geography department.

  • The shoe department is on the fifth floor.

  • She lives in Washington and works for the Department of Defense.

  • fig. infml I thought buying the tickets was your department (= area of responsibility).

• 2 one part of a large organization, such as a company or university, that deals with a particular area of work, business, study, etc.:

  • run/manage a department

  • the sales/human resources/finance department

  • He was previously a lecturer in the pharmacy department of Queen's University.

  • a department director/supervisor

• 3 one part of a large store that sells many different types of goods:

  • the book/electrical/menswear department She has a Saturday job in the footwear department of a large city centre store.

• 4 one part of a government that is responsible for a particular part of its work:

  • the Department of Education/Health/Justice

• 5 to be something that a particular person knows a lot about or is responsible for:

  • You'll need to ask Joe about that - it's more his departmant than mine.