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noun of a government ADJ. government | education, health, social services, etc. | fire, police The Tokyo police department is clamping down on organized crime. DEPARTMENT + NOUN official, spokesman, spokesperson, spokeswoman, staff PREP. ~ of the Department of the Environment of an organization ADJ. accident and emergency, casualty, outpatient, physiotherapy | design, finance, marketing, personnel, planning, publicity, sales, etc. | biology, English, maths, etc. VERB + DEPARTMENT manage, run Staff criticized the way the history department was run. DEPARTMENT + NOUN head, manager, staff PREP. in a/the ~ Complaints are dealt with in a different department. | within a/the ~ to gain promotion within the department | ~ of the Department of Town Planning PHRASES the head of (a) department, a member of a department
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department
NOUN + department
a government department
• The Home Office is the government department responsible for prisons.
a university department
• University departments are generally judged by their research quality.
the Biology/Maths/History etc department
(= in a university or school )
• the Chemistry department at Southampton University
the finance/marketing/design etc department
(= in a company )
• He worked in the sales department of a small software company.
the outpatient/casualty etc department
(= in a hospital )
• I had to go to the physiotherapy department for treatment twice a week.
department + NOUN
a department head
• These decisions are made by the department head.
a department manager
(= in a company )
• After two years, he was promoted to the job of department manager.
a department official
(= in a government department )
• a senior justice department official
department staff
(= people working in a department )
• All department staff will be affected by the new working hours.
phrases
the Department of Health/Trade/Education etc
(= in a government )
• the U.S. Department of Agriculture
a member of a department
(= a person working in a department )
• All members of the Biology Department are actively committed to research.
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