department

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for department

department 🔊 /dɪpɑˈɹtmʌnt/

department : ක්‍රියාංශය

department : ශාඛාව

department : මණ්ඩලය

department : අංශය

department : දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව

department definition

Intransitive verb.

  1. Act of departing; departure.
  2. A part, portion, or subdivision.
  3. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province.
  4. Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instruction; as, the medical department; the department of physics.
  5. A territorial division; a district; Especially., in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the Department of the Loire.
  6. A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.