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public administration

public administration noun: the implementation of public policy by governmental bodies; the administration of governmental functions; the administration of a state.

Noun

public administration (uncountable)

  1. the implementation of public policy by governmental bodies; the administration of governmental functions; the administration of a state.
  2. a field of study concerning this, sometimes considered a branch of political science.

public administration meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Tagalog and Malay

public administration in Tamil

பொது நிர்வாகம்

public administration in Kannada

ಸರ್ಕಾರಿ ಆಡಳಿತ, ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಆಡಳಿತ

public administration in Tagalog

implementation of public policy
pangangasiwang pambayan
field of study
pangangasiwang pambayan

public administration in Malay

implementation of public policy
pentadbiran awam
field of study
pentadbiran awam
More languagesFewer languages
public administration in Indonesian
administrasi publik, ilmu pemerintahan
public administration in Thai
รัฐประศาสน์ rát-tà-bprà-sàat, รัฐประศาสนศาสตร์ rát-tà-bprà-sǎa-sà-ná-sàat
public administration in Vietnamese
hành chính công

Questions about public administration

What does public administration mean?
Public administration means the implementation of public policy by governmental bodies; the administration of governmental functions; the administration of a state.
What is public administration in Tamil?
Public administration in Tamil is பொது நிர்வாகம். See Public administration meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is public administration?
Public administration is a noun.

Words near public administration in the dictionary

  1. public
  2. public access
  3. public access television
  4. public address system
  5. public address systems
  6. public administration
  7. public art
  8. public assistance
  9. public authorities
  10. public authority
  11. public bodies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: public administration (page history and authors); public administration (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Public Administration (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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