Definitions for administration
ædˌmɪn əˈstreɪ ʃənad·min·is·tra·tion

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

Editors Contribution(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Administration

   Administration is an art of managing & appreciating smart actions initiated by the affiliated HR so as to plan, organize and maintain an institution or an autonomous body ensuring ultimate outputs.

   Submitted by anonymous on June 1, 2014  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'administration' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1543

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'administration' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3101

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'administration' in Nouns Frequency: #681

How to pronounce administration?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say administration in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of administration in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of administration in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of administration in a Sentence

1. Lois Frankel:

   Your administration is abortion obsessed.

2. Ronald Reagan:

   This administration is totally colorblind.

3. William Baer:

   This administration worries about it a lot.

4. Max Stier:

   This is a report card on the administration.

5. Robert Ford:

   I guess the administration can live with that.

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