administration

B1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ədˌmɪn.əˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/ UK /ədˌmɪn.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #5560

Meanings

1

noun
The process of running or managing an organization, business, or system.

She works in the administration department, handling staff records and budgets.
2

noun
The government of a country, especially under a particular leader.

Successive US administrations have followed a similar foreign policy.
3

noun
The group of people who manage an organization or institution.

The university administration banned the students from showing their work.
4

noun
The giving of something, such as medicine, a test, or punishment.

The nurse is responsible for the administration of medicines.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 noun · the government of a... establishment

More direction governance management supervision

Word family

Forms administrations

Derived forms administrationaladministrationeseadministrationspeakantiadministrationcoadministrationmaladministrationmale-administrationmisadministrationmono-administrationmulti-administrationnonadministrationoveradministration

Related forms administer administrative administrator

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Phrases (1)

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provincial administration
the government or officials responsible for running a province

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle English administracioun, from Old French administration, from Latin administratio, from administrare; see administer; compare French administration. Equivalent to administrate + -ion.

administracioun Middle English administration Old French administratio Latin

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# administration

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ədˌmɪn.əˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ədˌmɪn.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 5560

## Meanings
1. The process of running or managing an organization, business, or system.
2. The government of a country, especially under a particular leader.
3. The group of people who manage an organization or institution.
4. The giving of something, such as medicine, a test, or punishment.

## Examples
- She works in the administration department, handling staff records and budgets.
- Successive US administrations have followed a similar foreign policy.
- The university administration banned the students from showing their work.
- The nurse is responsible for the administration of medicines.

## Synonyms
- direction
- governance
- management
- supervision

## Derived Forms
- administrational
- administrationese
- administrationspeak
- antiadministration
- coadministration
- maladministration
- male-administration
- misadministration
- mono-administration
- multi-administration
- nonadministration
- overadministration

## Related Forms
- administer
- administrative
- administrator

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: administracioun
- Root: administration
- Root: administratio

## Etymology
From Middle English administracioun, from Old French administration, from Latin administratio, from administrare; see administer; compare French administration. Equivalent to administrate + -ion.

## AI Etymology
Administration comes from Middle English administracioun, from Old French administration, from Latin administratio, from administrare; see administer; compare French administration. Equivalent to administrate plus -ion. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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