administration
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English administracioun, from Old French administration, from Latin administratio, from administrare; see administer; compare French administration.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
administration (usually uncountable; plural administrations)
- (uncountable) 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.
- (countable) A body that 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.
- Successive US administrations have had similar Middle East policies.
- (uncountable) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
- the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.
- (uncountable, business) Management.
- (uncountable, law, UK) An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.
- The company went into voluntary administration last week.
Synonyms [edit]
- supervision, conduct, management, regulation, organization, governing
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
the act of administering
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the executive part of government
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the act of administering or tendering something to another
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References [edit]
- administration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
administration f (plural administrations)
- management (administration; the process or practice of managing)
Swedish [edit]
Noun [edit]
administration c
Declension [edit]
Declension of administration
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| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | administration | administrationen | administrationer | administrationerna |
| genitive | administrations | administrationens | administrationers | administrationernas |
