English noun: State Department |
1. | State Department (group) the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies |
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| Samples | The Department of State was created in 1789.
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| Synonyms | Department of State, DoS, State, United States Department of State |
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| Broader (hypernym) | executive department |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Foggy Bottom |
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| Part holonym | Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, DS, Foreign Service, INR |
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2. | State Department (group) a department of government in one of the 50 states |
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| Broader (hypernym) | government department |
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| Domain region | America, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA |
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