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departmentalize

departmentalize verb: to organize something into departments.

Verb

departmentalize (third-person singular simple present departmentalizes, present participle departmentalizing, simple past and past participle departmentalized)

  1. To organize something into departments

Forms of departmentalize

third-person singular presentdepartmentalizes
present participledepartmentalizing
past participledepartmentalized
pastdepartmentalized

Origin of departmentalize

From departmental + -ize.

Words formed from departmentalize

Questions about departmentalize

What does departmentalize mean?
Departmentalize means to organize something into departments.
What part of speech is departmentalize?
Departmentalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of departmentalize?
The past tense of departmentalize is departmentalized.

Words near departmentalize in the dictionary

  1. departmentalising
  2. departmentalism
  3. departmentalitis
  4. departmentalization
  5. departmentalizations
  6. departmentalize
  7. departmentalized
  8. departmentalizes
  9. departmentalizing
  10. departmentally
  11. departmentation

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