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administration
[ ad-min-uh-strey-shuhn ]
noun
- the management of any office, business, or organization; direction.
- the function of a political state in exercising its governmental duties.
- the duty or duties of an administrator in exercising the executive functions of the position.
- the management by an administrator of such duties.
- a body of administrators, especially in government.
- Often Administration. the executive branch of the U.S. government during a particular president's term of office: The current administration has threatened to veto the new bill.
The Reagan administration followed President Carter's.
The current administration has threatened to veto the new bill.
- the period of service of a governmental administrator or body of governmental administrators.
- any group entrusted with executive or administrative powers:
the administration of a college.
- Law. management of a decedent's estate by an executor or administrator or of a trust estate by a trustee.
- an act of dispensing, especially formally:
administration of the sacraments.
- supervision of the taking of an oath or the like.
- application, as of a salve or medicine.
administration
/ əˌɪɪˈٰɪʃə /
noun
- management of the affairs of an organization, such as a business or institution
- the duties of an administrator
- the body of people who administer an organization
- the conduct of the affairs of government
- term of office: often used of presidents, governments, etc
- the executive branch of government along with the public service; the government as a whole
- often capital the political executive, esp of the US; the government
- a government board, agency, authority, etc
- property law
- the conduct or disposal of the estate of a deceased person
- the management by a trustee of an estate subject to a trust
- the administering of something, such as a sacrament, oath, or medical treatment
- the thing that is administered
Derived Forms
- ˈԾٰپ, adverb
- ˈԾٰپ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·i·ٰtDz· adjective
- t··i·ٰtDz noun adjective
- a·i·ٰtDz noun
- a·i·ٰtDz noun
- a·i·ٰtDz adjective
- -·i·ٰtDz noun
- ܲa·i·ٰtDz noun
- p··i·ٰtDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of administration1
Example Sentences
A federal judge in Texas ruled on Thursday that the Trump administration's recent deportations of Venezuelan immigrants were unlawful and blocked further deportations.
But there are those in his administration who are pushing for the complete dismantlement of Iran's nuclear enrichment programme.
US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz is leaving his post with the Trump administration, according to media reports.
As bad as this administration is, we in the press are worse.
Donald Trump has now brought the battle to the front door and his administration is using a battering ram to get inside.
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