administration
UK/ədˌmɪn.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən//ədˌmɪn.əˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/
administration noun: 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.
Noun
administration (usually uncountable, plural administrations)
- 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.
- […] the fact that the propertied classes are no longer the best educated, and the fact that the large number of people who owe their position solely to their general education do not possess that experience of the working of the economic system which the administration of property gives are...1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 420
- 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.
- The trove of documents from half a dozen federal agencies in recent days are a direct result of a blockbuster Supreme Court decision last month that allowed the administration to develop plans for ending birthright citizenship – even though the effort has once again been placed on hold.2025 July 28, Devan Cole, John Fritze, Priscilla Alvarez, “New documents show how passport and Social Security rules would change to enforce Trump’s birthright citizenship order”, in CNN
- The country's government under the rule of a particular leader.
- The Obama administration
- The Duterte administration
- A body that administers; a body of administrators.
- The Chiang Mai Administrative Court ruled in favour of students from the Media Arts and Design Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University, who filed for a temporary injunction on 18 October after the University administration prohibited them from showing their final theses in the...2021 November 6, Prachatai, “Chiang Mai Administrative Court rules in favour of CMU student”, in Prachatai, Bangkok: Prachatai, retrieved 06 Nov 2021
- The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
- the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament
- oral administration of insulin
- Management.
- An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.
- The company went into voluntary administration last week.
- The other ambitions, and much of Prescott's plan, foundered just south of Hatfield that October, when a GNER express derailed on a shattered rail […], plunging the railway into a crisis that led to private track owner Railtrack being put into administration.2024 September 4, Philip Haigh, “Can public-private partnerships be made to deliver?”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 52
Proper noun capitalized: Administration
Administration
- Alternative letter-case form of administration.
administration meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
administration in Hindi
- the act of administering
- निर्वाह nirvāh, प्रबंधन prabandhan
- the executive part of government
- प्रशासन praśāsan
administration in Urdu
- the act of administering
- اِنْتِظامِیَہ intizāmiya, اِنْتِظام intizām, سِیاسَت siyāsat
administration in Bengali
- the executive part of government
- প্রশাসন prośaśon
administration in Telugu
- the act of administering
- నిర్వాహము nirvāhamu
More languagesFewer languages
- administration in Malayalam
- കാര്യനിർവഹണം kāryaniṟvahaṇaṁ
- administration in Tagalog
- administrasyon, pangasiwaan, asiwa
- administration in Arabic
- إِدَارَة ʔidāra, مُرَاقَبَة murāqaba, إِدَارَة تَنْفِيذِيَّة ʔidārat tanfīḏiyya
- administration in Malay
- pentadbiran, administrasi
- administration in Indonesian
- administrasi
- administration in Thai
- การจัดการ gaan-jàt-gaan
- administration in Vietnamese
- quản lý, sự quản lý, hành chính
- Sindhi
- انتظامڪاري ā̃tz̤āmkāre, انتظاميه ā̃tz̤āme
Examples of administration in a sentence
- We approve the measure of the administration, for it is an excellent decision.
- Officials in the Firefly administration assure the Sylvanians they don't want war either.
- At that time the administration replaced the system of patronage in the civil service with a bureaucracy.
Synonyms of administration
Forms of administration
| plural | administrations |
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Origin of administration
From Middle English administracioun, from Old French administration, from Latin administratio, from administrare; see administer; compare French administration. Equivalent to administrate + -ion.
Words formed from administration
- administrational
- administrationese
- administration of the fulness of times
- administrationspeak
- antiadministration
- business administration
- coadministration
- letter of administration
- maladministration
- male-administration
- misadministration
- mono-administration
- multi-administration
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- nonadministration
- overadministration
- postadministration
- preadministration
- proadministration
- public administration
- readministration
- route of administration
- self-administration
- subadministration
Phrases with administration
Words that rhyme with administration
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- aggregation
- appropriation
- attenuation
Questions about administration
- What does administration mean?
- Administration means 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.
- What is administration in Hindi?
- Administration in Hindi is निर्वाह (nirvāh), प्रबंधन (prabandhan), प्रशासन (praśāsan). See Administration meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is administration?
- Administration can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce administration?
- Administration is pronounced /ədˌmɪn.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of administration?
- The plural of administration is administrations.
Words near administration in the dictionary
Source and license
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