Plural of department
regular plural
The plural of department is departments.
Forms of department
| Singular | department /dɪˈpɑːtm(ə)nt/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | departments |
| Countable | countable |
Departments in a sentence
- 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, published 2003, page 427
- Those three pioneering pathologists went on to become leaders in building the pathology departments at several universities.From the entry pathology
- He heard from a coworker that the company planned to merge those departments.From the entry coworker
- Fire departments across the country have been forced to rely on rolling brownouts because of the recession.From the entry brownout
- All heads of departments have been copied.From the entry copy
Meaning of department
- noun A part, portion, or subdivision.
- noun A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
- noun A specified aspect or quality.
Questions about the plural of department
- What is the plural of department?
- The plural of department is departments.
- Is department countable?
- Department is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: department (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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