interdepartmental

/'intə,dipɑ:t'mentl/

Thân thiện

The interdepartmental meeting was held in the conference room.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Between or among departments: Relating to, involving, or conducted between two or more departments within an organization, institution, or government.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The project requires interdepartmental cooperation to succeed.
  • An interdepartmental memo was sent to all division heads.
  • They formed an interdepartmental committee to address the issue.

Advanced Usage

• "interdepartmental rivalry": Competition or conflict between different departments.
  • The company's efficiency was hampered by interdepartmental rivalry.
• "interdepartmental transfer": The movement of an employee or resources from one department to another.
  • She requested an interdepartmental transfer to the marketing division.

Variants and Related Words

• Interdepartmentally (adverb): In a manner that occurs between departments.
  • The new policy was communicated interdepartmentally.
• Intradepartmental (adjective): Existing or occurring within a single department. (This is a related but distinct concept).

Synonyms

• Cross-departmental: Involving multiple departments.
• Interdivisional: Between or among divisions.

Antonyms

• Intradepartmental: Within a single department.
• Departmental: Of or concerning a single department.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. between or among departments
   • interdepartmental competition

Adverb

1. between departments
   • this memo was circulated interdepartmentally