Meaning of administration | Babel Free

Definitions

1. administration (act of administering government or public affairs)
2. Alternative letter-case form of administration.
   US, alt-of, nonstandard, often
3. 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.
   uncountable, usually
4. administration (a body that administers)
5. to govern or manage. bestuur, regeer يُدِير управлявам administrar řídit, spravovat verwalten styre; regere διοικώadministrar haldama اداره کردن hallita administrer לְנַהֵל प्रशासन करना upravljati kormányoz mengatur stjórna amministrare 管理する 관리하다 valdyti, tvarkyti pārvaldīt; vadīt mentadbir besturenstyre, regjerenadzorować اداره کول dirigir a administra управлять riadiť, spravovať upravljati upravljati sköta, administrera บริหารงาน yönetmek 管理 управляти; контролювати انتظام کرنا quản lý 管理
6. 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.
   countable, usually
7. administration, administering (act of administering something to another)
8. an administrative post; administrative ability. administratief إدَارِي управителен administrativo správní Verwaltungs... administrativ διοικητικόςadministrativo haldus- اجرایی hallinnollinen admi- nistratif מִנְהָלִי प्रशासनिक upravni adminisztratív administratif stjórnunar- amministrativo 管理上の 행정상의 administracinis, valdymo administratīvs; pārvaldes- keupayaan mentadbir administratiefadministrativ, styre- kierowniczy اداره ؛سمبالونه administrativo admi­nistrativ административный správny, admi...
9. The country's government under the rule of a particular leader.
   uncountable, usually
10. administrateur مُدِير управител administrador správce der/die Verwalter(in) administrator διαχειριστήςadministrador haldur اداره کننده؛ سرپرست johtaja administrateur/-trice מנהל, מנהלן प्रशासक upravitelj ügyintéző, adminisztrátor administrator stjórnandi amministratore, amministratrice 管理者 행정관 administratorius administrators; pārvaldnieks pentadbir administrateuradministrator, styrer zarządca, nadzorca اداره کونکی administrador administra­tor администратор správca, konateľ upravitelj upravnik...
11. A body that administers; a body of administrators.
    countable, usually
12. administración.
13. The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
    uncountable, usually
14. The act or process of administering, especially the management of a government or large institution.
15. Management.
    uncountable, usually
16. The activity of a government or state in the exercise of its powers and duties.
17. An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.
    UK, uncountable, usually
18. often Administrationa. The executive branch of a government.
19. The term of office of an executive officer or body.
20. Law Management of a trust or estate.
    Law
21. The dispensing, applying, or tendering of something, such as an oath, a sacrament, or medicine.

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] 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 important to understanding the role of the intellectual.”

“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.”

“The Obama administration”

“The Duterte administration”

“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 University Art Centre because some pieces dealt with social and political themes.”

“the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament”

“oral administration of insulin”

“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.”

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