department
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a specialized division of a large organization
you'll find it in the hardware department
Types & categories
- division hypernym
- academic department hyponym
- business department hyponym
- personnel department hyponym
- government department hyponym
- payroll department hyponym
- security department hyponym
Related & opposite
- departmental derivation
Sense 2 noun
the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
Types & categories
- administrative district hypernym
Parts & wholes
- country member holonym
Related & opposite
- departmental derivation
- France domain region
Sense 3 noun
a specialized sphere of knowledge
baking is not my department
Types & categories
- sector hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | departmental |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | division |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | academic department |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | business department |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | personnel department |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | government department |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | payroll department |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | security department |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | departmental |
| 2 | domain region | Related & opposite | France |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | country |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | administrative district |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | sector |