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administeradminister /ədˈmɪnəstɚ/ ●○○ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYadministerOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French aministrer, from Latin administrare, from ad- to + ministrare to serve VERB TABLEadminister |
Present | I, you, we, they | administer | | he, she, it | administers | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | administered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have administered | | he, she, it | has administered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had administered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will administer | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have administered |
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Present | I | am administering | | he, she, it | is administering | | you, we, they | are administering | Past | I, he, she, it | was administering | | you, we, they | were administering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been administering | | he, she, it | has been administering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been administering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be administering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been administering |
1to manage and organize the affairs of a company, government, etc.: Ms. O'Brien’s office is in charge of administering welfare programs.2to organize the way a test or punishment is given, or to organize the way laws are used: It is the captain’s job to administer punishment on the ship. The test was administered fairly.3formal to give someone a medicine or drug to take: Oxygen was being administered to the patient. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French aministrer, from Latin administrare, from ad- to + ministrare to serve] |