administrative

English

Etymology

From administrate +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, Philippines) IPA^(key): /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹə.tɪv/, [ədˈmɪn.ɪ.st̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷə.tʰɪv]
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ədˈmɪn.əˌstɹeɪ.tɪv/, [ədˈmɪn.əˌstɹeɪ.ɾɪv]

  • Audio (Southern California):

    (file)

Adjective

administrative (comparative more administrative, superlative most administrative)

1. Of or relating to administering or administration.

   Synonym: (nonstandard) administrational

   administrative costs

   administrative delays

   administrative error

   administrative issue

   administrative factors

   administrative work

   administrative worker

   He took on an administrative role within the university.

   The decision was delayed due to administrative issues.

   She worked as an administrative assistant for the department.

   The reform simplified the administrative process of applying for benefits.

   • 1890 March 24, Supreme Court of the United States, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad v. Minnesota‎^[1]:

     In the case of Davidson v. City of New Orleans, 96 U.S. 97, we decided that the appointment of a board of assessors for assessing damages was not only due process of law, but the proper method for making assessments to distribute the burden of a public work among those who were benefited by it. No one questions the constitutionality or propriety of boards for assessing property for taxation, or for the improvement of streets, sewers, and the like, or of commissions to establish county seats, and for doing many other things appertaining to the administrative management of public affairs.

   • 1947, United States Congress, United States Headquarters Agreement‎^[2], Article II, Section 9, page 760:

     The headquarters district shall be inviolable. Federal, state or local officers or officials of the United States, whether administrative, judicial, military or police, shall not enter the headquarters district to perform any official duties therein except with the consent of and under conditions agreed to by the Secretary-General.

   • 2021 April 9, Joe Biden, Executive Order 14023 (Executive Order on the Establishment of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States)‎^[3], Section 4:

     To the extent permitted by law, including the Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 1535), and subject to the availability of appropriations, the General Services Administration shall provide administrative services, including facilities, staff, equipment, and other support services as may be necessary to carry out the objectives of the Commission.

Antonyms

• non-administrative, nonadministrative

Derived terms

• adminisphere
• administrative court
• administrative kingship
• administrative law
• administrative lead time
• administrative leave
• administrative loading
• administratively
• administrativeness
• administrative region
• administrative segregation
• administrativia
• local administrative unit
• medicoadministrative
• politico-administrative
• subadministrative

Related terms

• administer
• administerial
• administrator
• administrivia
• minister
• ministrative

Translations

of or relating to administering or administration

• Albanian: administrativ (sq)
• Armenian: վարչական (hy) (varčʻakan)
• Asturian: alministrativu
• Belarusian: адміністрацы́йны (administracýjny), адміністраты́ўны (administratýwny)
• Bengali: প্রশাসনিক (bn) (prośaśonik)
• Bulgarian: административен (bg) (administrativen), управителен (bg) (upravitelen)
• Catalan: administratiu (ca)
• Czech: správní (cs), administrativní (cs)
• Dutch: bestuurlijk (nl), administratief (nl)
• Esperanto: administra
• Finnish: hallinnollinen (fi)
• French: administratif (fr)
• Galician: administrativo (gl)
• Georgian: ადმინისტრაციული (adminisṭraciuli)
• German: administrativ (de)
• Greek: διοικητικός (el) (dioikitikós), διαχειριστικός (el) (diacheiristikós)
• Hindi: प्रशासनिक (praśāsnik)
• Hungarian: (of public administration) közigazgatási (hu), (more broadly) hivatali (hu), ügyviteli (hu), ügyintézési, adminisztratív (hu), adminisztrációs (hu)
• Italian: amministrativo (it)
• Kazakh: әкімшілік (äkimšilik)
• Latin: administrātīvus
• Occitan: administratiu (oc)
• Polish: administracyjny (pl)
• Portuguese: administrativo (pt)
• Romanian: administrativ (ro)
• Russian: администрати́вный (ru) (administratívnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: administrativni (sh)
• Slovak: administratívny (sk), správny
• Spanish: administrativo (es)
• Swedish: administrativ (sv)
• Turkish: yönetimsel (tr)
• Ukrainian: адміністрати́вний (uk) (administratývnyj)
• Welsh: gweinyddol (cy)
• Yiddish: אַדמיניסטראַטיוו (administrativ)

See also

• bureaucratic

Albanian

Adjective

administrative f

1. feminine singular of administrativ

   njësi administrative

   an administrative unit

2. feminine plural of administrativ

   njësitë administrative

   the administrative units

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.mi.nis.tʁa.tiv/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Adjective

administrative

1. feminine singular of administratif

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Adjective

administrative

1. inflection of administrativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

administrative

1. definite singular of administrativ
2. plural of administrativ

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

administrative

1. definite singular of administrativ
2. plural of administrativ

Swedish

Adjective

administrative

1. definite natural masculine singular of administrativ