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FEDERAL DEPARTMENT
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A department of the federal government of the United States
Synonyms:
department of the federal government; federal department; federal office
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("federal department" is a kind of...):
government department (a department of government)
Domain region:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "federal department"):
executive department (a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States)