administration
English
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#ADMINISTRATION administracioun, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#ADMINISTRATION administration, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ADMINISTRATION administratio, from administrare; see administer; compare French administration. Equivalent to administrate + -ionCategory:English terms suffixed with -ion#ADMINISTRATION.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ədˌmɪn.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/Category:English 5-syllable words#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ADMINISTRATION
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ədˌmɪn.əˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/Category:English 5-syllable words#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ADMINISTRATION
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#ADMINISTRATIONAudio (US): (file) - (General Australian) IPA(key): /ədˌmɪn.əˈstɹæɪ.ʃən/Category:English 5-syllable words#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ADMINISTRATION
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ədˌmən.əˈstɹæɪ.ʃən/Category:English 5-syllable words#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ADMINISTRATION
- Rhymes: -eɪʃənCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪʃən#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪʃən/5 syllables#ADMINISTRATION
Noun
administration (usually uncountable, plural administrations)Category:English lemmas#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:English nouns#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:English uncountable nouns#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:English countable nouns#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:Pages with entries#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:Pages with 5 entries#ADMINISTRATION
- (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#ADMINISTRATION) 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.
- 1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, , page 420:
- […] the fact that the propertied classes are no longer the best educated, and the fact that the large number of people who owe their position solely to their general education do not possess that experience of the working of the economic system which the administration of property gives are important to understanding the role of the intellectual.Category:English terms with quotations#ADMINISTRATION
- (countableCategory:English countable nouns#ADMINISTRATION, governmentCategory:en:Government#ADMINISTRATION, politicsCategory:en:Politics#ADMINISTRATION) 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.Category:English terms with usage examples#ADMINISTRATION
- 2025 July 28, Devan Cole, John Fritze, Priscilla Alvarez, “New documents show how passport and Social Security rules would change to enforce Trump’s birthright citizenship order”, in CNN:
- The trove of documents from half a dozen federal agencies in recent days are a direct result of a blockbuster Supreme Court decision last month that allowed the administration to develop plans for ending birthright citizenship – even though the effort has once again been placed on hold.Category:English terms with quotations#ADMINISTRATION
- (governmentCategory:en:Government#ADMINISTRATION, politicsCategory:en:Politics#ADMINISTRATION) The country's government under the rule of a particular leader.
- The Obama administrationCategory:English terms with collocations#ADMINISTRATION
- The Duterte administrationCategory:English terms with collocations#ADMINISTRATION
- (countableCategory:English countable nouns#ADMINISTRATION) A body that administers; a body of administrators.
- 2021 November 6, Prachatai, “Chiang Mai Administrative Court rules in favour of CMU student”, in Prachatai, Bangkok: Prachatai, retrieved 6 November 2021:
- The Chiang Mai Administrative Court ruled in favour of students from the Media Arts and Design Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University, who filed for a temporary injunction on 18 October after the University administration prohibited them from showing their final theses in the University Art Centre because some pieces dealt with social and political themes.Category:English terms with quotations#ADMINISTRATION
- (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#ADMINISTRATION) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
- the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacramentCategory:English terms with collocations#ADMINISTRATION
- oral administration of insulinCategory:English terms with collocations#ADMINISTRATION
- (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#ADMINISTRATION, businessCategory:en:Business#ADMINISTRATION) Management.
- (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#ADMINISTRATION, lawCategory:en:Law#ADMINISTRATION, UKCategory:British English#ADMINISTRATION) An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.
- The company went into voluntary administration last week.Category:English terms with usage examples#ADMINISTRATION
- 2024 September 4, Philip Haigh, “Can public-private partnerships be made to deliver?”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 52:
- The other ambitions, and much of Prescott's plan, foundered just south of Hatfield that October, when a GNER express derailed on a shattered rail […] , plunging the railway into a crisis that led to private track owner Railtrack being put into administration.Category:English terms with quotations#ADMINISTRATION
Derived terms
- administrational
- administrationese
- administration of the fulness of times
- administrationspeak
- antiadministration
- business administration
- coadministration
- letter of administration
- maladministration
- male-administration
- misadministration
- mono-administration
- multi-administration
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- nonadministration
- overadministration
- postadministration
- preadministration
- proadministration
- public administration
- readministration
- route of administration
- self-administration
- subadministration
Related terms
Translations
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References
- “administration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Danish
Noun
administration c (singular definite administrationen, plural indefinite administrationer)Category:Danish lemmas#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:Danish nouns#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:Danish common-gender nouns#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:Pages with entries#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:Pages with 5 entries#ADMINISTRATION
Declension
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | administration | administrationen | administrationer | administrationerne |
| genitive | administrations | administrationens | administrationers | administrationernes |
Further reading
French
Etymology
From Old FrenchCategory:French terms derived from Old French#ADMINISTRATION administration, from LatinCategory:French terms derived from Latin#ADMINISTRATION administrātiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ad.mi.nis.tʁa.sjɔ̃/Category:French 5-syllable words#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#ADMINISTRATION
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#ADMINISTRATIONAudio: (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#ADMINISTRATIONAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#ADMINISTRATIONAudio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#ADMINISTRATIONAudio (France (Somain)): (file)
Noun
administration f (plural administrations)Category:French lemmas#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:French nouns#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:French countable nouns#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:French feminine nouns#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:Pages with entries#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:Pages with 5 entries#ADMINISTRATION
- management (administration; the process or practice of managing)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “administration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Interlingua
Noun
administration (plural administrationes)Category:Interlingua lemmas#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:Interlingua nouns#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:Interlingua entries with incorrect language header#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:Pages with entries#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:Pages with 5 entries#ADMINISTRATION
- administration (act of administering)
Swedish
Noun
administration cCategory:Swedish lemmas#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:Swedish nouns#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:Pages with entries#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:Pages with 5 entries#ADMINISTRATION
- administration (act of administering)
- an administration (body that administers)
- (governmentCategory:sv:Government#ADMINISTRATION, politicsCategory:sv:Politics#ADMINISTRATION) an administration (especially in US politics)
- Bush-administrationen
- the Bush administration
- administration (of a medicine or the like)
- oral administration
- oral administration
Declension
Related terms
References
- “administration”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “administration”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
