Definition of "departments" []

• Plural form of department. (noun)

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• "It will be seen from the preceding divisions, and from the gradual diminution of the number of volumes in each, that I have gone through the principal departments of the Harleian collection of books: and yet there remain _fifty departments_ to be enumerated!"
• "The big threats to cops in departments is a move back to the shifts."
• "Now Homeland Security even more than other departments is the place to dump political buddies who need a job."