What does Administrative mean?

Definitions for Administrative
ædˈmɪn əˌstreɪ tɪv, -strə-ad·min·is·tra·tive

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. administrativeadjective

    of or relating to or responsible for administration

Wiktionary

  1. administrativeadjective

    Of or relating to administering or administration.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Administrativeadjective

    That which administers; that by which any one administers.

    Etymology: from administrate.

ChatGPT

  1. administrative

    Administrative refers to tasks or activities related to the management, organization, and execution of responsibilities within a business, school, government agency, or any other type of organization. It typically includes functions like record keeping, communication, planning, and decision-making to ensure the organization runs smoothly and efficiently. It can also refer to positions or roles within an organization that carry out these tasks, such as administrative assistant or manager.

  2. administrative

    Administrative refers to the activities, tasks or responsibilities related to the management and operation of an organization, business or institution. This includes, but is not limited to, planning, organizing, coordinating, directing and controlling resources and processes to achieve specific goals. It often involves functions such as record keeping, communication, decision-making and implementation of policies or regulations.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Administrativeadjective

    pertaining to administration; administering; executive; as, an administrative body, ability, or energy

  2. Etymology: [L. administrativus: cf. F. administratif.]

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Administrative' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2789

  2. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Administrative' in Adjectives Frequency: #384

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Administrative in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Administrative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Administrative in a Sentence

  1. George Sherman:

    If you look at the trend of sales over the last several years, selling general administrative costs didn't move with sales. So we had a cost structure we had to address.

  2. Curator Boris Kratofil:

    The custom is associated with extremely wealthy families who have played a prominent role in the administrative, social and economic life of the province of Pannonia.

  3. Muhammadu Buhari:

    There are financial and administrative instructions in every government parastatal and agency. But all these were thrown to the dogs, the next three months may be hard but billions of dollars can be recovered, and we will do our best.

  4. Cho Min:

    The reunions are a hassle for the North. There is cost in looking for the people, and to feed them and dress them up, there are big administrative costs in doing it, so they expect something in return.

  5. John Miller:

    She came in, reviewed the video and immediately started the internal investigation that resulted in findings, administrative charges and firings of all five officers, this happened within a number of days. These are processes that can take months or years.

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