administration

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 References 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

< Middle English administracioun < Old French administration < Latin administratio < administrare; see administer; compare French administration.

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ədˌmɪnəˈstɹeɪʃən/, SAMPA: /@d%mIn@"str\eIS@n/

  Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

[edit] Noun

administration (plural administrations)

1. The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management.
2. A body who administers; the executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.
3. The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.
4. (business) Management.

[edit] Related terms

• administer
• administrator
• administrative

[edit] Synonyms

• supervision, conduct, management, regulation

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

• administration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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• IPA: /ad.mi.nis.tʁa.sjɔ̃/
•  administration^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

administration f. (plural administrations)

1. management (administration; the process or practice of managing)