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departmentwide

departmentwide adjective: throughout a department.

Adjective

departmentwide (not comparable)

  1. Throughout a department.

Adverb

departmentwide (not comparable)

  1. Throughout a department.
    • A plan to take back all so-called precinct parking permits from auxiliary officers first came to light in a Feb. 1 Police Department memo to all precincts. Mr. Browne said the action was in addition to a mandatory 20 percent reduction of placards departmentwide.2008 March 6, Al Baker, “Auxiliary Police See Parking Permit Cut as an Insult”, in New York Times

Origin of departmentwide

From department + -wide.

Questions about departmentwide

What does departmentwide mean?
Departmentwide means throughout a department.
What part of speech is departmentwide?
Departmentwide can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near departmentwide in the dictionary

  1. departmentize
  2. departmentized
  3. departmentizes
  4. departmentizing
  5. departments
  6. departmentwide
  7. departs
  8. departs with
  9. departure
  10. departure gate
  11. departure gates

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