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DEPARTMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does department of the federal government mean? 

DEPARTMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT (noun)
  The noun DEPARTMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT has 1 sense:

1. a department of the federal government of the United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: DEPARTMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEPARTMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A department of the federal government of the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

department of the federal government; federal department; federal office

Hypernyms ("department of the federal government" 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 "department of the federal government"):

executive department (a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States)


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