English-Thai Dictionary
department
N แผนก ภาค คณะ กรม agency branch division group pa-nak
department store
N ห้างสรรพสินค้า ศูนย์ สรรพสินค้า ศูนย์การค้า ขนาดใหญ่ store chain store bazaar hang-sab-pa-sin-ka
departmental
ADJ เกี่ยวกับ แผนก เกี่ยวกับ กรม เกี่ยวกับ หน่วยงาน ของ รัฐบาล หรือ องค์กร kiao-kab-pa-naek
departmentalize
VT ทำให้ เป็น แผนก แบ่ง เป็น แผนก tam-hai-pen-pa-naek
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DEPARTMENT
n. 1. Literally, a separation or division; hence, a separate part, or portion; a division of territory; as the departments of France.
2. A separate allotment or part of business; a distinct province, in which a class of duties are allotted to a particular person; as the department of state, assigned to the secretary of state; the treasury department; the department of war.
3. A separate station; as, the admirals had their respective departments. Nearly in this sense, during war, were used in America, the terms, Northern and Southern departments.
DEPARTMENTAL
a.Pertaining to a department, or division.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DEPARTMENT
De *part "ment, n. Etym: [F. département, fr. départir. See Depart, v.i.]
1. Act of departing; departure. [Obs. ] Sudden departments from one extreme to another. Wotton.
2. A part, portion, or subdivision.
3. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province. Superior to Pope in Pope's own peculiar department of literature. Macaulay.
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 instructions; as, the medical department; the department of physics.
5. A territorial division; a district; esp. , 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.
DEPARTMENTAL
DEPARTMENTAL De `part *men "tal, a.
Defn: Pertaining to a department or division. Burke.
DEPARTMENT STORE
DEPARTMENT STORE De *part "ment store.
Defn: A store keeping a great variety of goods which are arranged in several departments, esp. one with dry goods as the principal stock.
New American Oxford Dictionary
department
de part ment |diˈpärtmənt dəˈpɑrtmənt | ▶noun a division of a large organization such as a government, university, business, or shop, dealing with a specific subject, commodity, or area of activity: the English department. • an administrative district in France and other countries. • (one's department ) informal an area of special expertise or responsibility: that's not my department. • [ with modifier ] informal a specified aspect or quality: I never thought of myself as above average in the looks department. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French departement, from departir (see depart ). The original sense was ‘division or distribution, ’ later ‘separation, ’ hence ‘a separate part ’ (core sense, mid 18th cent ).
departmental
de part men tal |diˌpärtˈmentl, ˌdēpärt -diˌpɑrtˈmɛn (t )l | ▶adjective concerned with or belonging to a department of an organization: a departmental meeting. DERIVATIVES de part men tal ly adverb
departmentalism
de part men tal ism |dipärtˈmentlˌizəm, ˌdēpärt -dəˌpɑrtˈmɛntlɪzəm | ▶noun adherence to departmental methods or structure.
departmentalize
de part men tal ize |dipärtˈmentlˌīz, ˌdēpärt -dəˌpɑrtˈmɛntlaɪz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. be departmentalized ) divide (an organization or its work ) into departments. DERIVATIVES de part men tal i za tion |-ˌmentl-əˈzāSHən |noun
Department of Agriculture
De part ment of Ag ri cul ture ▶noun the department of the US government that administers federal programs related to food production and rural life. The department's principal duty is to aid farmers, but it also serves consumers through its food-assistance and food-inspection programs.
department store
de part ment store |dəˈpɑrtmənt ˌstɔ (ə )r | ▶noun a large store stocking many varieties of goods in different departments.
Oxford Dictionary
department
de ¦part |ment |dɪˈpɑːtm (ə )nt | ▶noun a division of a large organization such as a government, university, or business, dealing with a specific area of activity: the council's finance department. • an administrative district in France and other countries. • (one's department ) informal an area of special expertise or responsibility: that's not my department. • [ with modifier ] informal a specified aspect or quality: he was a bit lacking in the height department. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French departement, from departir (see depart ). The original sense was ‘division or distribution ’, later ‘separation ’, hence ‘a separate part ’ (core sense, mid 18th cent. ).
departmental
de ¦part |men ¦tal |diːpɑːtˈmɛnt (ə )l | ▶adjective concerned with or belonging to a department of an organization: a departmental meeting. DERIVATIVES departmentally adverb
departmentalism
de ¦part |men ¦tal |ism |diːpɑːtˈmɛnt (ə )lɪzm | ▶noun [ mass noun ] adherence to departmental methods or structure.
departmentalize
departmentalize |diːpɑːˈmɛntəlʌɪz |(also departmentalise ) ▶verb [ with obj. ] divide (an organization or its work ) into departments. DERIVATIVES departmentalization |-ˈzeɪʃ (ə )n |noun
Department of Agriculture
De part ment of Ag ri cul ture ▶noun the department of the US government that administers federal programs related to food production and rural life. The department's principal duty is to aid farmers, but it also serves consumers through its food-assistance and food-inspection programs.
department store
de ¦part |ment store ▶noun a large shop stocking many varieties of goods in different departments.
American Oxford Thesaurus
department
department noun 1 the public health department: division, section, sector, unit, branch, arm, wing; office, bureau, agency, ministry. 2 the food is Kay's department: domain, territory, province, area, line; responsibility, duty, function, business, affair, charge, task, concern; informal baby, bag, bailiwick.
Oxford Thesaurus
department
department noun 1 Percy worked in the public health department: division, section, sector, subsection, subdivision, unit, branch, arm, wing, segment, compartment; office, bureau, agency, ministry. 2 the turnout was low in rural departments: district, administrative district, canton, province, territory, state, county, shire, parish; region, area, zone, sector, division; archaic demesne. 3 don't ask me about the food —that's Kay's department: domain, territory, realm, province, preserve, jurisdiction, sphere, sphere of activity, area, area of interest, field, line, speciality, specialism; area of responsibility, responsibility, duty, function, business, affair, charge, task, occupation, job, concern; informal pigeon, baby, bag, thing, bailiwick, turf.
Duden Dictionary
Department
De part ment Substantiv, Neutrum , das |dɪˈpɑːtmənt |das Department; Genitiv: des Departments, Plural: die Departments englisch department < französisch département 1 Ministerium in den USA 2 Fachbereich an amerikanischen und britischen Universitäten
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
department
de part ment /dɪpɑ́ː r tmənt /→depart 名詞 複 ～s /-ts /C 1 〖しばしばD -; 集合的に; ｟主に英 ｠では単複両扱い 〗(会社 病院など組織の )部門 , 部, 課 ; (大学の )学科 , 学部 (→faculty )(｟略 ｠Dept. , dept. )▸ the personnel [accounting ] department 人事 [会計 ]課 ▸ the Department of Electronics [Literature ]電子工学 [文学 ]部 2 〖D-; 集合的に; ｟主に英 ｠では単複両扱い 〗(米国の )省 ; (英国の )省, 局, 課 (!日本の 「省 」はMinistry ) .事情 米国の主な省 ▸ the D- of Agriculture [Commerce, Defense ]農務 [商務, 国防総 ]省 ▸ the D- of Education [Energy, Justice ]教育 [エネルギー, 司法 ]省 ▸ the D- of Health and Human Services 保健社会福祉省, 厚生省 ▸ the D- of Housing and Urban Development 住宅都市開発省 ▸ the D- of Labor [State, Transportation ]労働 [国務, 運輸 ]省 ▸ the D- of the Interior [Treasury ]内務 [財務 ]省 ▸ the D- of Veterans (') Affairs 復員軍人省 3 (警察 消防などの )署 ▸ New York Police Department ニューヨーク警察署 (｟略 ｠NYPD ).4 (百貨店などの )売り場 , コーナー ▸ the toy [furniture ] department おもちゃ [家具 ]売り場 5 (行政単位としての )県 〘フランス ギリシャ ラテンアメリカ諸国の行政区分; 日本の 「県 」はprefecture 〙.6 ｟くだけた話 ｠〖one's ～〗得意分野, (よく知る )活動領域 ▸ That seems to be your department .それは君の担当のようだね 7 ｟話 ｠〖しばしば複合語で 〗…の面 [点 ]▸ in the emotion (al ) department 感情面では ～́ st ò re デパート, 百貨店 (╳depart, ╳departmentとしない ).
departmental
de part men tal /dìːpɑː r tmént (ə )l /形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗部門の, 部門別の, 各部門 [省, 局, 課 ]ごとの .～ly 副詞
departmentalize
de part m é n ta l ì ze 動詞 他動詞 …を部門別に組織する .de p à rt m è n tal i z á tion 名詞
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