FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

n A part, portion, or subdivision.

n A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province.

n 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.

n 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.

n A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.

n (obsolete) Act of departing; departure.