Administration

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Etymology

< Middle English administracioun < Old French administration < Latin administratio < administrare; see administer; compare French administration.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ədˌmɪnəˈstɹeɪʃən/, SAMPA: /@d%mIn@"str\eIS@n/

  Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

Noun

Singular Administration

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Administration ({{{1}}})

1. 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; management.
2. A body who administers; 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.
3. The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.
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Related terms

• administer
• administrator
• administrative

Synonyms

• supervision, conduct, management, regulation

Translations

the act of administering

Albanian: qeveri sq(sq) Government Arabic: إدارة (’idāra) f. Bulgarian: управление bg(bg), ръководство bg(bg) Czech: správa cs(cs) f. Dutch: administratie nl(nl) f. Filipino: administrasyon German: Verwaltung de(de) f. Italian: amministrazione it(it)

Japanese: 管理 (kanri) Norwegian: administrasjon no(no) m. and f. Portuguese: administração pt(pt) f. Sindhi: انتظامڪاري f. Spanish: administración es(es) f. Tagalog: administrasyon tl(tl) Telugu: (nirvaahamu)నిర్వాహము te(te)

the executive part of government

Arabic: إدارة تنفيذية (’idārat tanfiðíyya) f. Bulgarian: администрация bg(bg) Croatian: administracija hr(hr) f. Dutch: bestuur nl(nl) n. Filipino: administrasyon Finnish: johto fi(fi), hallinto fi(fi) German: Verwaltung de(de) f. Japanese: 政権 (seiken); (office) 官庁 (kanchō); (school) 行政 (gyōsei)

Kurdish: به‌رێوبه‌رایه‌تی Maltese: amministrazzjoni f. Norwegian: administrasjon no(no) m. and f. Portuguese: administração pt(pt) f. Sindhi: انتظاميه f. Spanish: administración es(es) f. Tagalog: administrasyon tl(tl)

the act of administering or tendering something to another

Dutch: toediening nl(nl) f. German: Verabreichung f.

Portuguese: ministração pt(pt) f., aplicação pt(pt) f.

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Icelandic: stjórnun

References

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French

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ad.mi.nis.tʁa.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

Administration f. (plural Administrations)

1. management (administration; the process or practice of managing)

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