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Department (noun)
A part, portion, or subdivision.
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Department (noun)
A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
“Technical things are not his department; he’s a people person.”
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Department (noun)
A subdivision of an organization.
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Department (noun)
One of the principal divisions of executive government
“the Treasury Department; the Department of Agriculture; police department”
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Department (noun)
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. In France, a department is smaller than a region
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Department (noun)
A military subdivision of a country
“the Department of the Potomac”
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Department (noun)
Act of departing; departure.
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Faculty (noun)
The universities, as opposed to the students or support staff.
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Faculty (noun)
A division of a university.
“She transferred from the Faculty of Science to the Faculty of Medicine.”
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Faculty (noun)
An ability, skill, or power, often plural.
“He lived until he reached the age of 90 with most of his faculties intact.”
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Faculty (noun)
A power, authority or privilege conferred by a higher authority.
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Faculty (noun)
A licence to make alterations to a church.
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Faculty (noun)
The members of a profession.
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Department (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”
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Department (noun)
an administrative district in France and other countries
“the turnout was particularly low in rural departments”
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Department (noun)
an area of special expertise or responsibility
“that’s not my department”
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Department (noun)
a specified aspect or quality
“he was a bit lacking in the height department”
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Faculty (noun)
an inherent mental or physical power
“her critical faculties”
“the faculty of sight”
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Faculty (noun)
an aptitude for doing something
“his faculty for taking the initiative”
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Faculty (noun)
a group of university departments concerned with a major division of knowledge
“the Faculty of Arts”
“the law faculty”
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Faculty (noun)
the teaching or research staff of a group of university departments viewed as a body
“there were then no tenured women on the faculty”
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Faculty (noun)
the members of a particular profession, especially medicine, considered collectively.
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Faculty (noun)
a licence or authorization from a Church authority
“the vicar introduced certain ornaments without the necessary faculty to do so”