anthropology department
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- noun
- /ˌænθrəˈpɑlədʒi dɪˈpɑrtmənt/
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departamento de antropología
- Harry Shapiro, the former chairman of the anthropology department at the American Museum of Natural History, spent a good part of his free time in the early 1970s pursuing various leads.
- the anthropology department at the university
Examples
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So, he placed a call to the anthropology department at Wayne State and was connected with Killion, who was the department chair at the time.
Academic text (2011) -
Cameron M. Smith is a lecturer in the anthropology department at Portland State.
Academic text (2002) -
How did you like the anthropology department?
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- I'm head of the anthropology department at the university in Reno.
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The anthropology department can't function without adjuncts.
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Among those who gathered in the anthropology department's large, fourth-floor storeroom at the museum was Chief Tom Willie.
Academic text (1991) -
ALEX W. BARKER is curator of North American archaeology and chair of the anthropology department at the Milwaukee Public Museum.
Academic text (2002) -
Dell Hymes in the anthropology department was the central figure in encouraging Dundes to come to Penn.
Academic text (2017) -
By Jude Isabella. Jude Isabella is a science writer and graduate student in the anthropology department at the University of Victoria.
Academic text (2011) -
The anthropology department at our university offers a variety of courses on cultural diversity.
Synonyms
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A part of a company or organization that does a particular job
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A part of a college or university that teaches and studies one subject like biology
A part of a college or university where people teach and study human cultures and societies
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: combining 'anthropology' (the study of humans) with 'department' (an academic unit) yields the obvious meaning 'the academic unit for anthropology'. This 'X department' pattern is very common in English and parallels structures in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Anthropology department comes from two words: anthropology, meaning 'the study of people', and department, meaning 'a part of a school'. It refers to the part of a university where teachers and students study people's cultures and ways of life.