noun · neutral
department
UK/dɪˈpɑːt.mənt/US/dɪˈpɑːrt.mənt/de·PART·ment
Band 6-7speakingtask2
a part of a university or a company that deals with a particular subject or area
Examples
“She works in the History Department at the university.”
“The marketing department launched the campaign last month.”
“We bought it from a big department store downtown.”
Band 8 sentence
“As the head of the department, she introduced a new module to improve students' employability.”
Collocations
- head of the department
- department store
- university department
Word family
department noundepartmental adjective
Common mistakes
I work in Department of Economics.→I work in the Department of Economics.
He works in the faculties of the university.→He works in the faculty of the university.
Say it for a higher band
5room→6office→7+department
Synonyms
faculty
division
Easily confused
faculty
“She applied to the Faculty of Arts.”
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