noun
1 of a government
ADJECTIVE
▪ federal , government , state
▪ Education Department , Health Department , etc.
▪ fire , police (both AmE )
▪
The Tokyo police ~ is clamping down on organized crime.
DEPARTMENT + NOUN
▪ official , spokesman , spokesperson , spokeswoman
▪ personnel ( AmE ), staff
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
the Department for Transport ( in the UK )
▪ ~ of
▪
the Department of Transportation ( in the US )
2 of an organization
ADJECTIVE
▪ accident and emergency ( BrE ), casualty ( BrE ), emergency ( AmE ), hospital , outpatient
▪ design , finance , HR , legal , marketing , personnel , planning , publicity , sales , etc.
▪ biology , English , science , etc.
VERB + DEPARTMENT
▪ head , manage , run
▪
Staff criticized the way the history ~ was run.
▪ join
▪
A new member of staff has joined the ~.
▪ create , establish
▪ contact
▪
Contact our sales ~ for more information.
DEPARTMENT + NOUN
▪ chair ( esp. AmE ), coordinator , head , manager
▪ member ( esp. AmE ), staff
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
Complaints are dealt with in a different ~.
▪ within a/the ~
▪
to gain promotion within the ~
▪ ~ of
▪
the Department of Planning
PHRASES
▪ the head of a/the ~ , the head of ~
▪ a member of a/the ~