English > United States Department of State: 1 sense > noun 1, group| Meaning | The federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies. |
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| Synonyms | Department of State, State Department, State, DoS |
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| Parts | Bureau of Diplomatic Security, DS | The bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas |
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| Bureau of Intelligence and Research, INR | An agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community |
| Foreign Service | The part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world |
| Narrower | Foggy Bottom | United States Department of State, which is housed in a building in a low-lying area of Washington near the Potomac River |
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| Broader | executive department | A federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States |
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| Spanish | departamento de estado, estado |
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| Catalan | departament d'estat, estat, State Department |
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