What does administration mean?
Definitions for administration
ædˌmɪn əˈstreɪ ʃənad·min·is·tra·tion
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word administration.
Princeton's WordNet
administration, disposalnoun
a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)
administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisationnoun
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"
administration, giving medicationnoun
the act of administering medication
presidency, presidential term, administrationnoun
the tenure of a president
"things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration"
government, governing, governance, government activity, administrationnoun
the act of governing; exercising authority
"regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"
administration, judicaturenoun
the act of meting out justice according to the law
Wiktionary
administrationnoun
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.
administrationnoun
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.
administrationnoun
The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.
administrationnoun
Management.
Etymology: From administracioun, from administration, from administratio, from administrare; see administer; compare French administration.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Administrationnoun
Etymology: administratio, Lat.
I then did use the person of your father;
The image of his pow’r lay then in me:
And in th’ administration of his law,
While I was busy for the commonwealth,
Your highness pleased to forget my place. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.In the short time of his administration, he shone so powerfully upon me, that, like the heat of a Russian summer, he ripened the fruits of poetry in a cold climate. John Dryden, Virgil’s Pastorals. Dedication of.
It may pass for a maxim in state, that the administration cannot be placed in too few hands, nor the legislature in too many. Jonathan Swift, Sentiments of a Church of England man.
There is, in sacraments, to be observed their force, and their form of administration. Richard Hooker, b. v.
By the universal administration of grace, begun by our blessed Saviour, enlarged by his apostles, carried on by their immediate successors, and to be compleated by the rest to the world’s end; all types that darkened this faith are enlightened. Thomas Sprat, Sermons.
Webster Dictionary
Administrationnoun
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
Administrationnoun
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
Administrationnoun
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
Administrationnoun
the management and disposal, under legal authority, of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no competent executor
Administrationnoun
the management of an estate of a deceased person by an executor, the strictly corresponding term execution not being in use
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
administration
Conduct, management; in military affairs, the execution of the duties of an office.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'administration' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1543
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'administration' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3101
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'administration' in Nouns Frequency: #681
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of administration in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of administration in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of administration in a Sentence
My foreign policy will always put the interests of the American people, and American security, above all else, that will be the foundation of every decision that I will make. America First will be the major and overriding theme of my administration.
There's still frustration and an overwhelming skepticism toward the administration and its ability to hold a hard line with respect to Iran.
These trumped up charges were always a sham -- a blatant attempt by the Trump administration to prevent more automakers from joining California and agreeing to stronger emissions standards.
I have met virtually every major leader in the world, i know these guys. I know them better than anyone in the administration because I've been hanging around so long.
Census efforts have always been hard in immigrant communities, even without the citizenship question, they are fearful in particular of sharing their information with immigration enforcement agencies, especially with what folks have seen and heard from this administration, the rhetoric around immigration and the ramping up of enforcement.
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Translations for administration
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- إدارة تنفيذية, مُرَاقَبَة, إدارة, الادارةArabic
- управле́ние, ръково́дство, администра́цияBulgarian
- প্রশাসনBengali
- správaCzech
- administrationDanish
- Verabreichung, VerwaltungGerman
- διαχείρισηGreek
- administrado, administracioEsperanto
- administraciónSpanish
- ادارهPersian
- johto, hallinto, hallintotoimi, annosteluFinnish
- administrationFrench
- riaghladhScottish Gaelic
- प्रHindi
- administrasyonHaitian Creole
- amministrazioneItalian
- 官庁, 行政, 政権, 管理Japanese
- 관리Korean
- بهرێوبهرایهتیKurdish
- vadība, administrācija, pārvaldeLatvian
- minitatangaMāori
- pentadbiran, administrasiMalay
- amministrazzjoniMaltese
- bestuur, administratie, toedieningDutch
- administrasjonNorwegian
- administração, ministração, aplicaçãoPortuguese
- administrare, administrațieRomanian
- отправле́ние, руководство, примене́ние, управле́ние, администра́цияRussian
- انتظاميه, انتظامڪاريSindhi
- administracijaSerbo-Croatian
- qeveriAlbanian
- förvaltning, administrationSwedish
- நிர்வாகம்Tamil
- నిర్వాహముTelugu
- administrasyonTagalog
- idare, hükümet, yönetimTurkish
- ئىدارەUyghur, Uighur
- quản lýVietnamese
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