administerverb
uk/ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stər/us/ədˈmɪn.ə.stɚ/administer verb (MANAGE)
[ T often passive ] also administrate, /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.streɪt/to control the operation or arrangement of something:
The economy has been badly administered by the present government.
[ T often passive ] to govern a country, region, etc.:
The economy has been badly administered by the present government.
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- King Darius I is noteworthy for his administrative reforms, military conquests, and religious toleration.
- an administrative assistant
- The cost-cutting measures include streamlining administrative procedures in the company.
- This software claims to reduce administrative costs.
- The new study looks at the amount of time police officers spend on administrative tasks.
- We're engaging the services of a professional administrator.
- Our new administrator seems to be trying to stamp her authority on every aspect of the department.
- The new administrator in accounts is a real stunner.
- a college/hospital administrator
- Both teachers and administrators opposed the proposal to merge the two schools.
- Reputable charities spend the lion's share of donations on aid and a tiny fraction on administration.
- Eastern Slavonia is to revert to Croatian government rule next year after a transitional period under U.N. administration.
- Keeping noise levels low is the bane of airport administration.
- The new administration is still in the shakedown period.
- Hard-liners are expected to be purged from the administration.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Managing and organizing
- act
- administration
- bureaucracy
- bureaucratic
- campaign
- central
- head sth up
- in hand idiom
- kaizen
- manage
- management
- mind the store idiom
- run the show idiom
- running
- shakedown
- square
- square sth/sb away
- stage
- stage-manage
- stewardship
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administer verb (GIVE)
[ T ] formal to cause someone to receive something:
to administer medicine/punishment/relief
Tests will be administered to schoolchildren at seven and twelve years.
figurative The latest opinion polls have administered a severe blow to the party.
administer an oath to sb formal
to be present while someone says an oath (= a formal promise) officially
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Giving, providing and supplying
- accommodate
- accord
- administration
- assignment
- award
- award-winning
- deliver
- hand sth around
- hand sth back
- hand sth in
- hand sth out
- hand sth over
- invest
- lay
- spare
- step
- step forward
- supplier
- supply
- supply chain
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