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administering

administering is the present participle and gerund of administer.

Meaning of administer

Verb

administer (third-person singular simple present administers, present participle administering, simple past and past participle administered)

  1. (transitive) To apportion out, distribute.
    • [Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs.1708, [John Philips], “Book I”, in Cyder. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 3
  2. (transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
    • For forms of government let fools contest: / Whate'er is best administered is best.1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC
  3. (intransitive) To minister (to).
    • administering to the sick
  4. To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
  5. To give, as an oath.
    • Swear […] to keep the oath that we administer.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
  6. (transitive) To give (a drug, to a patient), be it orally or by any other means.
    • We administered the medicine to our dog by mixing it in his food.

See all 7 meanings of administer

Noun

administering (plural administerings)

  1. administration
    • This "body to be cared for, protected, cultivated and preserved from the many dangers and contacts" required other bodies that would perform those nurturing services, providing the leisure for such self-absorbed administerings and self-bolstering acts.2002, Wendy Woodward, Gary Minkley, Deep Histories: Gender and Colonialism in Southern Africa, page 17

Forms of administering

pluraladministerings

Questions about administering

What does administering mean?
Administering means administration.
What is administering the present participle and gerund of?
Administering is the present participle and gerund of administer.
What part of speech is administering?
Administering is a noun.
What is the plural of administering?
The plural of administering is administerings.

Words near administering in the dictionary

  1. administerer
  2. administerers
  3. administerest
  4. administereth
  5. administerial
  6. administering
  7. administerings
  8. administers
  9. administr'd
  10. administrability
  11. administrable

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