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What does Administration mean?

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ædˌmɪn əˈstreɪ ʃənad·min·is·tra·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. administration, disposalnoun

    a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)

  2. administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisationnoun

    the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

    "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"

  3. administration, giving medicationnoun

    the act of administering medication

  4. presidency, presidential term, administrationnoun

    the tenure of a president

    "things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration"

  5. government, governing, governance, government activity, administrationnoun

    the act of governing; exercising authority

    "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"

  6. administration, judicaturenoun

    the act of meting out justice according to the law

Wiktionary

  1. administrationnoun

    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.

  2. administrationnoun

    A body that 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.

    Successive US administrations have had similar Middle East policies.

  3. administrationnoun

    The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.

    the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.

  4. administrationnoun

    Management.

  5. Etymology: From administracioun, from administration, from administratio, from administrare; see administer; compare French administration.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Administrationnoun

    Etymology: administratio, Lat.

    I then did use the person of your father;
    The image of his pow’r lay then in me:
    And in th’ administration of his law,
    While I was busy for the commonwealth,
    Your highness pleased to forget my place. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

    In the short time of his administration, he shone so powerfully upon me, that, like the heat of a Russian summer, he ripened the fruits of poetry in a cold climate. John Dryden, Virgil’s Pastorals. Dedication of.

    It may pass for a maxim in state, that the administration cannot be placed in too few hands, nor the legislature in too many. Jonathan Swift, Sentiments of a Church of England man.

    There is, in sacraments, to be observed their force, and their form of administration. Richard Hooker, b. v.

    By the universal administration of grace, begun by our blessed Saviour, enlarged by his apostles, carried on by their immediate successors, and to be compleated by the rest to the world’s end; all types that darkened this faith are enlightened. Thomas Sprat, Sermons.

ChatGPT

  1. administration

    Administration refers to the activities and tasks related to managing and overseeing the operations of an organization, institution or government agency. It involves planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling resources to achieve organizational goals. This can include tasks such as setting strategic direction, managing budgets, overseeing personnel, implementing policies, and more.

  2. administration

    Administration refers to the process of managing, controlling, or organizing the operations of a business, organization, or institution. It involves activities such as planning, coordinating, executing, and overseeing tasks or projects to achieve set goals or objectives. This term can also relate to the group of people responsible for such management tasks, often referred to as administrators or executives.

  3. administration

    Administration refers to the management, organization, and coordination of various activities within a business, institution, or organization. It involves planning, handling daily operations, making decisions, allocating resources, and overseeing personnel to ensure that the organization's goals are achieved effectively and efficiently. It can also refer to a group of individuals, known as administrators, who carry out these tasks.

  4. administration

    Administration refers to the process of managing, organizing, and controlling the operations of an organization or a system. This typically includes activities such as planning, decision-making, and execution of policies. It can also refer to the group of individuals who perform these tasks, such as the managerial staff in a company or the government body of a country.

  5. administration

    Administration refers to the process of managing, organizing, and controlling the operations of an organization, government, or institution. It involves making decisions, implementing policies, setting strategic goals, coordinating resources, and ensuring the overall smooth functioning of the entity. The term can also refer to the group of individuals who carry out these tasks.

  6. administration

    Administration refers to the process of managing, organizing, and controlling the operations of an organization or institution. It includes tasks like decision-making, strategic planning, resource allocation, problem-solving, personnel management, and the implementation of policies and strategies to achieve organizational goals. It is also used to refer to the group of individuals who carry out these tasks, which can include executives, managers, and other officials.

  7. administration

    Administration refers to the process or activity of managing, overseeing, and directing the operations and functions of an organization, institution, business, or system. This can involve a wide range of tasks like planning, organizing, making decisions, staffing, controlling resources and procedures, implementing policies, and more, all aimed at achieving the organization's set objectives or goals.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Administrationnoun

    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. Administrationnoun

    the executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted 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. Administrationnoun

    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

  4. Administrationnoun

    the management and disposal, under legal authority, of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no competent executor

  5. Administrationnoun

    the management of an estate of a deceased person by an executor, the strictly corresponding term execution not being in use

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. administration

    Conduct, management; in military affairs, the execution of the duties of an office.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Administration' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1543

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Administration' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3101

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Administration' in Nouns Frequency: #681

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Administration in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Administration in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Administration in a Sentence

  1. Adam Green:

    Thirty thousand foot zoom out, things feel extremely different now than they did even at the start of the Barack Obama administration.

  2. Ken Cuccinelli:

    It was an en masse rewrite and now they're going to put all their toadies on there and it's just going to be a rubber stamp, and they’re going to do studies and they're going to come to conclusions that this administration wants them to come to, you heard it here first.

  3. Mohammad Javad Zarif:

    The more America procrastinates, the more it will lose … it will appear that Mr Biden’s administration doesn’t want to rid itself of Trump’s failed legacy, we don’t need to return to the negotiating table. It’s America that has to find the ticket to come to the table.

  4. Le Maire:

    I really hope this new Biden administration will mean a new start in the relationship between Europe and the United States — and one possibility of marking this new start would be to get a consensus at the OECD level by the beginning of 2021.

  5. Spokesman Seth Stein:

    This grand-standing shows how out of touch the Trump administration is with reality, contrary to their alternative facts, New York is the safest big city in the country, with crime at record lows in large part because we have policies in place to encourage cooperation between NYPD and immigrant communities.

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  • Seun Peter
    Seun Peter
    This is one of the best.
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    Jamshaid Baloch
    Administration is an art of managing & appreciating smart actions related to affiliated HR so as to plan, organize and maintain an institution or an autonomous body ensuring ultimate results.
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