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administration

[ ad-min-uh-strey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the management of any office, business, or organization; direction.
  2. the function of a political state in exercising its governmental duties.
  3. the duty or duties of an administrator in exercising the executive functions of the position.
  4. the management by an administrator of such duties.
  5. a body of administrators, especially in government.
  6. Often Administration. the executive branch of the U.S. government during a particular president's term of office: The current administration has threatened to veto the new bill.

    The Reagan administration followed President Carter's.

    The current administration has threatened to veto the new bill.

  7. the period of service of a governmental administrator or body of governmental administrators.
  8. any group entrusted with executive or administrative powers:

    the administration of a college.

  9. Law. management of a decedent's estate by an executor or administrator or of a trust estate by a trustee.
  10. an act of dispensing, especially formally:

    administration of the sacraments.

  11. supervision of the taking of an oath or the like.
  12. application, as of a salve or medicine.


administration

/ əˌɪɪˈٰɪʃə /

noun

  1. management of the affairs of an organization, such as a business or institution
  2. the duties of an administrator
  3. the body of people who administer an organization
  4. the conduct of the affairs of government
  5. term of office: often used of presidents, governments, etc
  6. the executive branch of government along with the public service; the government as a whole
  7. often capital the political executive, esp of the US; the government
  8. a government board, agency, authority, etc
  9. property law
    1. the conduct or disposal of the estate of a deceased person
    2. the management by a trustee of an estate subject to a trust
    1. the administering of something, such as a sacrament, oath, or medical treatment
    2. the thing that is administered
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԾٰپ, adverb
  • ˈԾٰپ, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • ·i·ٰtDz· adjective
  • t··i·ٰtDz noun adjective
  • a·i·ٰtDz noun
  • a·i·ٰtDz noun
  • a·i·ٰtDz adjective
  • -·i·ٰtDz noun
  • ܲa·i·ٰtDz noun
  • p··i·ٰtDz noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of administration1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English administracio(u)n, from Latin 峾Ծٰپō- (stem of 峾Ծٰپō ) “service”; administrate, -ion
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The Trump administration has threatened to ban the university from enrolling foreign students and strip its tax exempt status if it does not comply.

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Pelley disclosed the show had been facing increased corporate oversight because of Paramount’s desire to win the Trump administration’s approval of the Skydance deal.

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Davenport has said it would be reckless to offer big raises, considering the sex abuse settlement, an estimated $2 billion in wildfire costs and threats from the Trump administration to slash millions in federal funding.

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Trump administration officials didn’t respond to requests for comments.

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In January the country's new Communist party chief, To Lam, embarked on a program to slash bureaucracy that could impress Elon Musk, who has been overseeing the Trump administration's controversial cost-cutting team.

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