Princeton's WordNet

1. administration, disposal(noun)

   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, organisation(noun)

   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 medication(noun)

   the act of administering medication

4. presidency, presidential term, administration(noun)

   the tenure of a president

   "things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration"

5. government, governing, governance, government activity, administration(noun)

   the act of governing; exercising authority

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

6. administration, judicature(noun)

   the act of meting out justice according to the law

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. administration(noun)ædˌmɪn əˈstreɪ ʃən

   a country's government

   the Clinton Administration

2. administrationædˌmɪn əˈstreɪ ʃən

   the management of sth

   business administration

Wiktionary

1. administration(Noun)

   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. administration(Noun)

   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. administration(Noun)

   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. administration(Noun)

   Management.

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

Webster Dictionary

1. Administration(noun)

   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. Administration(noun)

   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. Administration(noun)

   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. Administration(noun)

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

5. Administration(noun)

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

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