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administrative

UK/ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹə.tɪv//ədˈmɪn.əˌstɹeɪ.tɪv/

administrative adjective: of or relating to administering or administration.

Adjective

administrative (comparative more administrative, superlative most administrative)

  1. Of or relating to administering or administration.
    • administrative costs
    • administrative delays

administrative meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

administrative in Hindi

of or relating to administering or administration
प्रशासनिक praśāsnik

administrative in Tamil

ஆட்சிமுறை சார்ந்த, ஆளும், நிருவாகம் சார்ந்த, சார்பான

administrative in Marathi

प्रशासकीय

administrative in Urdu

administrative
انتظامی intizāmī
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administrative in Bengali
প্রশাসনিক prośaśonik
administrative in Telugu
పరిపాలనా, పరిపాలనాపరమైన
administrative in Malayalam
ഭരണപരമായ, നയ, ഭരണവിഷയകമായ, ഭരണസംബന്ധമായ
administrative in Kannada
ಆಡಳಿತಾತ್ಮಕ
administrative in Punjabi
ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ਾਸਕੀ, ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ਾਸਨਿਕ, ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧਕੀ
administrative in Gujarati
વહીવટી
administrative in Odia
ପ୍ରଶାସନିକ
administrative in Nepali
प्रशासनिक

Examples of administrative in a sentence

  • administrative error
  • administrative issue
  • administrative factors
  • administrative worker
  • He took on an administrative role within the university.
  • The decision was delayed due to administrative issues.

All 40 example sentences with administrative

Synonyms of administrative

Antonyms

Forms of administrative

comparativemore administrative
superlativemost administrative

Origin of administrative

From administrate + -ive.

Words formed from administrative

Phrases with administrative

Questions about administrative

What does administrative mean?
Administrative means of or relating to administering or administration.
What is administrative in Hindi?
Administrative in Hindi is प्रशासनिक (praśāsnik). See Administrative meaning in Hindi.
How do you use administrative in a sentence?
administrative error
What part of speech is administrative?
Administrative is an adjective.
How do you pronounce administrative?
Administrative is pronounced /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹə.tɪv/ (UK).

Words near administrative in the dictionary

  1. administration of the fulness of times
  2. administrational
  3. administrationese
  4. administrations
  5. administrationspeak
  6. administrative
  7. administrative court
  8. administrative courts
  9. administrative kingship
  10. administrative law
  11. administrative lead time

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: administrative (page history and authors); administrative (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); administrative (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); انتظامی (Urdu) (page history and authors); administrative (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); administrative (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); administrative (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); administrative (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); administrative (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); administrative (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); administrative (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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