Department and Origin

Department

Department noun - A large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization.

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Origin and department are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Origin" instead a noun "Department".

Origin noun - A point or place at which something is invented or provided.

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Department and origin are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Department" instead a noun "Origin".

human	human department	human origin
proper	proper department	proper origin
single	single department	single origin
actual	actual department	actual origin
Other adjectives: real, new, fictional, classic, official, different, magical.

Lampshaded in the sequel, when a woman working in the police department corrects the naive cops about Ishtar's origin.

Source: Film / Blood Feast
A fire department in Scotland sent out leaflets in Urdu for people of South Asian origin describing what to do in a fire.

Source: My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels
Jane and Lisbon's first meeting is shown in the fifth season origin episode "Red Dawn": Jane met Lisbon and Cho and started working as a consultant for the department about a year after his family was murdered.

Source: Series / The Mentalist

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