departmentalize

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verb

To organize something into departments

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Meanings

verbdepartmentalize (third-person singular simple present departmentalizes, present participle departmentalizing, simple past and past participle departmentalized)

present singular third person departmentalizes · participle present departmentalizing · participle past departmentalized · past departmentalized

  1. To organize something into departments

Origin

From departmental + -ize.

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APA

departmentalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/departmentalize

MLA

“departmentalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/departmentalize. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “departmentalize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/departmentalize.

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