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osasto — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brigade noun A large military unit made up of several battalions or regiments.
  • chapter noun One of the main divisions of a book or other written work.
  • compartment noun A separate section or space within a larger structure, especially a vehicle.
  • department noun A distinct section of an organisation, business, or government responsible for a particular area of work.
  • division noun The act of splitting something into separate parts, or one of those resulting parts.
  • outfit noun A set of clothes worn together, often for a particular occasion.
  • part noun A piece or portion of something larger.
  • section noun A distinct part of something larger, such as a document, area, or object.
  • unit noun A single, whole thing, especially one regarded as a standard measure or a self-contained part of something larger.
  • ward noun A section of a hospital where patients with similar needs are cared for.

Senses

osasto is used for these senses in English:

  • brigade A group of people organized for a common purpose.
  • chapter A section of a work, a collection of works, or fragments of works, often manuscripts or transcriptions, created by scholars or advocates, not the original authors, to aid in finding portions of the texts.
  • chapter An administrative division of an organization, usually local to a specific area.
  • compartment A room, or section, or chamber, typically within a vehicle.
  • department A part, portion, or subdivision.
  • department A subdivision of an organization.
  • division A usually high-level section of a large company or conglomerate.
  • division (music) A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.

brigade — full definition

  1. noun A large military unit made up of several battalions or regiments.
  2. noun A group of people organized for a shared purpose or sharing a common trait.
  3. verb To coordinate an organized group, often online, to harass or overwhelm someone.

chapter — full definition

  1. noun One of the main divisions of a book or other written work.
  2. noun A local branch of a larger organisation, club, or society.
  3. noun A distinct period or stage in someone's life or in a story of events.

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