What does administer mean?
Definitions for administer
ædˈmɪn ə stərad·min·is·ter
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word administer.
Princeton's WordNet
administer, administrateverb
work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of
"administer a program"; "she administers the funds"
administerverb
perform (a church sacrament) ritually
"administer the last unction"
distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole outverb
administer or bestow, as in small portions
"administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks"
administer, dispenseverb
give or apply (medications)
administerverb
direct the taking of
"administer an exam"; "administer an oath"
Wiktionary
administerverb
To cause to take, either by openly offering or through deceit.
We administered the medicine to our dog by mixing it in his food.
administerverb
To apportion out, as in administering justice.
administerverb
To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
administerverb
To minister to, as in administering to the sick.
Etymology: From admynistren, from aminister, from administrare, from ad + ministrare, from minister; see minister.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To ADMINISTERverb
Etymology: administro, Lat.
Let zephyrs bland
Administer their tepid genial airs;
Naught fear he from the west, whose gentle warmth
Discloses well the earth’s all-teeming womb. Philips.For forms of government let fools contest,
Whate’er is best administer’d, is best. Alexander Pope, Essay on Man.Have not they the old popish custom of administering the blessed sacrament of the holy eucharist with wafer-cakes? Richard Hooker, b. iv. § 10.
Swear by the duty that you owe to heav’n,
To keep the oath that we administer. William Shakespeare, Richard II.I was carried on men’s shoulders, administering physick and phlebotomy. Lionel Wafer, Voyage.
I must not omit, that there is a fountain rising in the upper part of my garden, which forms a little wandering rill, and administers to the pleasure, as well as the plenty, of the place. Spectator, №. 477.
Neal’s order was never performed, because the executors durst not administer. Scriblerus Club , Martin. Scribler.
ChatGPT
administer
Administer generally refers to managing or supervising the execution, use, or conduct of something. This could entail giving out or applying a particular resource, treatment, or law, running the operations of a business or organization, or managing affairs in a particular area or sphere.
administer
Administer generally means to manage, direct, or oversee the operations of an organization or the execution of a task. It can also refer to dispensing or giving, such as administering medication or justice. It encompasses making decisions, implementing rules, and directing resources to achieve a specific goal or objective.
administer
To administer is to manage, direct, or supervise the operation, execution, or conduct of affairs, tasks, or responsibilities. It can also refer to dispensing or giving out something, such as medications or justice, or it can mean to perform or carry out a procedure or ritual.
administer
To administer means to manage, direct, control, or oversee the operations or execution of an organization, system, process, or task. It also refers to the act of dispensing, giving, or applying a remedy, law, or a sacrament.
administer
Administer generally means to manage, operate, or supervise the execution, use, or conduct of something. It can relate to managing and implementing rules, laws, policies, or systems in an organization. It could also refer to providing or applying something such as a medication, test, or justice.
administer
Administer refers to the process of managing, directing, organizing, or providing something such as a task, process, or system. It may also refer to the act of dispensing or giving out something, such as a medicine or an oath. It relates to overseeing the operation of things, implementing plans or policies, and controlling the conduct of affairs.
Webster Dictionary
Administerverb
to manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state
Administerverb
to dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament
Administerverb
to apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc
Administerverb
to tender, as an oath
Administerverb
to settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor
Administerverb
to contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister
Administerverb
to perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B
Administernoun
administrator
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Administer
ad-min′is-tėr, v.t. to manage as a steward, substitute, or executor: to supply: to conduct or execute, as offices of religion: to apply: to impose.—v.i. to bring aid (with to).—adjs. Admin′istrable, that may be administered; Admin′istrant.—n. Administrā′tion, the act of administering: management: dispensation of sacraments: the power or party that administers the government of the country.—adj. Admin′istrative, that administers.—n. Administrā′tor, one who manages or directs: the person to whom is committed, under a commission entitled Letters of Administration, the administration or distribution of the personal estate of any one dying intestate or leaving a will in which no executor is named:—fem. Administrā′trix.—n. Administrā′torship. [Through Fr. from L. administrāre—ad, to, and ministrāre, to minister.]
British National Corpus
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'administer' in Verbs Frequency: #749
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Anagrams for administer »
nitramides
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of administer in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of administer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of administer in a Sentence
I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else-I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.
We have here a human as well as an economic problem. When humane considerations are concerned, Americans give them precedence. The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fibre. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit.
I have been pressured by police to administer ketamine.
Education Minister Ziya Selcuk:
We plan to administer vaccines to our teachers, who will be starting in-person education, throughout February.
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.
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- управлявам, ръководя, предписвамBulgarian
- administrarCatalan, Valencian
- spravovat, podatCzech
- goruchwylio, gweinydduWelsh
- administrereDanish
- verwalten, darreichen, administrieren, verabreichenGerman
- διοικώGreek
- administriEsperanto
- administrarSpanish
- اداره کردنPersian
- hallita, johtaa, hallinnoidaFinnish
- administrerFrench
- adminisztrálHungarian
- amministrareItalian
- 管理Japanese
- administerLatin
- minitaMāori
- toedienenDutch
- ministrar, administrar, aplicarPortuguese
- управля́ть, пропи́сывать, назнача́ть, прописа́ть, назна́чить, руководи́тьRussian
- administreraSwedish
- ดูแลThai
- quản trịVietnamese
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