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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ad•min•is•tra•tion /ædˌmɪnəˈstreɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. - Government[uncountable] the management and control of a government or the like; the duties of an administrator.
- Government[countable] a body of administrators or executive officials, esp. (often cap.) the officials of the executive branch of a government.
- Government[countable] the period during which an administrator or body of administrators serves.
- [uncountable] the act or process of administering.
ad•min•is•tra•tive /ædˈmɪnəˌstreɪtɪv, -strətɪv/USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ad•min•is•tra•tion (ad min′ə strā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - Governmentthe management of any office, business, or organization;
direction. - Governmentthe function of a political state in exercising its governmental duties.
- Governmentthe duty or duties of an administrator in exercising the executive functions of the position.
- Governmentthe management by an administrator of such duties.
- Governmenta body of administrators, esp. in government.
- Government(often cap.) the executive branch of the U.S. government as headed by the President and in power during his or her term of office:The Administration has threatened to veto the new bill. The Reagan administration followed President Carter's.
- Governmentthe period of service of a governmental administrator or body of governmental administrators.
- Governmentany group entrusted with executive or administrative powers:the administration of a college.
- Lawmanagement of a decedent's estate by an executor or administrator, or of a trust estate by a trustee.
- an act of dispensing, esp. formally:administration of the sacraments.
- supervision of the taking of an oath or the like.
- Medicineapplication, as of a salve or medicine.
- Latin administrātiōn- (stem of administrātiō) service. See administrate, -ion
- Middle English administracio(u)n 1275–1325
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