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department
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French département.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??p??tm(?)nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d??p??tm?nt/
- Hyphenation: de?part?ment
Noun
department (plural departments)
- A part, portion, or subdivision.
- A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
- A specified aspect or quality.
- The 2012 Boston Marathon was outstanding in the temperature department; runners endured temperatures of no less than 88 degrees Fahrenheit.
- A subdivision of an organization.
- (often in proper names) One of the principal divisions of executive government
- the Treasury Department; the Department of Agriculture; police department
- (in a university) One of the divisions of instructions
- the physics department; the gender studies department
- (often in proper names) One of the principal divisions of executive government
- A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to the 1715-99, Penguin 2003, p. 427:
- The departments were the bricks from which the edifice of the nation was to be constructed.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to the 1715-99, Penguin 2003, p. 427:
- (historical) A military subdivision of a country
- (obsolete) Act of departing; departure.
- 1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture
- sudden 'departments from one extreame to another
- 1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture
Synonyms
- (distinct course): province, specialty
- (division of executive government): ministry
Derived terms
- departmental
- departmentally
- Department of Redundancy Department
- department store
- fire department
- interdepartmental
- police department
- state department
- trouser department
Translations
See also
- province
- state
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constituent
English
Etymology
From Latin c?nstitu?ns, present participle of c?nstitu? (“I establish”), from com- (“together”) + statuo (“I set, place, establish”); see statute or statue, and compare institute and restitute.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?st?tju?nt/, /k?n?st?t?u?nt/
Adjective
constituent (not comparable)
- being a part, or component of a whole
- 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy
- Body, soul, and reason are the three parts necessarily constituent of a man.
- 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy
- authorized to make a constitution
- 1769, Junius, letter on 19 December, 1769, (part of Letters of Junius)
- A question of right arises between the constituent and representative body.
- 1769, Junius, letter on 19 December, 1769, (part of Letters of Junius)
Related terms
Translations
Noun
constituent (plural constituents)
- A part, or component of a whole
- 1865, John Tyndall, The Constitution of the Universe (1869), page 11
- We know how to bring these constituents together, and to cause them to form water.
- 1865, John Tyndall, The Constitution of the Universe (1869), page 11
- A person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs
- 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature
- whose first composure and origination requires a higher and nobler Constituent than either Chance or the ordinary method of meer Natural causes.
- 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature
- A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.
- A voter who supports a [political] candidate; a supporter of a cause.
- (law) One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)
- (grammar) A functional element of a phrase or clause
Translations
See also
- Constituent (linguistics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- constituent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- constituent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin constituens.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /kons.ti.tu?ent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kuns.ti.tu?en/
Adjective
constituent (masculine and feminine plural constituents)
- constituent (being a part of a whole)
Related terms
- constituir
Further reading
- “constituent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??s.ti.ty/
Verb
constituent
- third-person plural present/subjunctive of constituer
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kon?sti.tu.ent/, [kõ??s?t??t?u?n?t?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon?sti.tu.ent/, [k?n?st?i?t?u?n?t?]
Verb
c?nstituent
- third-person plural future active indicative of c?nstitu?
Romanian
Etymology
From French constituant
Noun
constituent n (plural constituen?i)
- constituent
Declension
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