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departmentalize

[ dih-pahrt-men-tl-ahyz, dee-pahrt- ]

verb (used with object)

departmentalized, departmentalizing.
  1. to divide into departments.


departmentalize

/ ˌ徱ːɑːˈɛԳəˌɪ /

verb

  1. tr to organize into departments, esp excessively
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ貹ˌԳٲˈپDz, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • p·t··tDz noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of departmentalize1

First recorded in 1895–1900; departmental ( def ) + -ize
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Example Sentences

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Many of my students confess they were unaware of this history and the broader quest to departmentalize African American studies.

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The Chinese did not departmentalize their learning to any considerable degree.

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Then as we began to make parts, we began to departmentalize so that each department would do only one thing.

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