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ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT

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• ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT (noun)
The noun ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT has 1 sense:

1. a division of a school that is responsible for a given subject

Familiarity information: ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT used as a noun is very rare.

• ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A division of a school that is responsible for a given subject

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("academic department" is a kind of...):

department; section (a specialized division of a large organization)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "academic department"):

anthropology department; department of anthropology (the academic department responsible for teaching and research in anthropology)

department of psychology; psychology department (the academic department responsible for teaching and research in psychology)

department of music; music department (the academic department responsible for teaching music and music appreciation)

department of physics; physics department (the academic department responsible for teaching and research in physics)

department of philosophy; philosophy department (the academic department responsible for teaching philosophy)

department of mathematics; mathematics department (the academic department responsible for teaching and research in mathematics)

department of linguistics; linguistics department (the academic department responsible for teaching and research in linguistics)

department of history; history department (the academic department responsible for teaching history)

department of English; English department (the academic department responsible for teaching English and American literature)

department of economics; economics department (the academic department responsible for teaching and research in economics)

department of computer science (the academic department responsible for teaching and research in computer science)

chemistry department; department of chemistry (the academic department responsible for teaching and research in chemistry)

biology department; department of biology (the academic department responsible for teaching and research in biology)

art department (the academic department responsible for teaching art and art appreciation)

department of sociology; sociology department (the academic department responsible for teaching and research in sociology)

"If wishes were horses, beggars would ride."
(English proverb)
"Every animal knows more than you do."
(Native American proverb, Nez Perce)
"Good enough for Government work."
(American proverb)
"Think before you begin."
(Dutch proverb)

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