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Departmental Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Departmental has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

of or relating to a department

"departmental policy"

2

Of or pertaining to a department.

"The new policy was approved by the departmental committee before being sent to headquarters."

In plain English: Departmental means something that belongs to or is managed by a specific department within an organization.

"The departmental meeting was moved to Friday because everyone had urgent deadlines."

Example Sentences
"The departmental meeting was moved to Friday because everyone had urgent deadlines." adj
"The departmental budget was approved by the city council last week." adj
"She works in the departmental library where she catalogs new books daily." adj
"Our departmental meeting will take place in the main conference room at noon." adj
See Also
departmentalism departmentally department departmentalitis
Related Terms

Origin

The word entered English directly from the French term départemental. It originally described things related to a specific administrative division or district within a country's government structure.

Rhyming Words
tal ital ctal total ectal octal petal dital rotal metal katal ketal fetal cital ental setal attal ictal natal notal
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