administration

See also: Administration

English

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Etymology

    Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂éd#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mey- (little)#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:English terms derived from Old French#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Italic#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:Pages with inline etymon for redlinks#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#ADMINISTRATION

    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

    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

    1. (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.
    2. (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
    3. (governmentCategory:en:Government#ADMINISTRATION, politicsCategory:en:Politics#ADMINISTRATION) The country's government under the rule of a particular leader.
    4. (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
    5. (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
    6. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#ADMINISTRATION, businessCategory:en:Business#ADMINISTRATION) Management.
    7. (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

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    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

    1. administration

    Declension

    Declension of administration
    common
    gender
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative administration administrationen administrationer administrationerne
    genitive administrations administrationens administrationers administrationernes

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    French

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    Etymology

      Category:French terms derived from Latin#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂éd#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:French terms derived from Proto-Italic#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mey- (little)#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:French terms derived from Old French#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:Pages with inline etymon for redlinks#ADMINISTRATIONCategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#ADMINISTRATION

      From Old FrenchCategory:French terms derived from Old French#ADMINISTRATION administration, from LatinCategory:French terms derived from Latin#ADMINISTRATION administrātiōnem.

      Pronunciation

      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

      1. management (administration; the process or practice of managing)

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      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

      1. 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

      1. administration (act of administering)
      2. an administration (body that administers)
      3. (governmentCategory:sv:Government#ADMINISTRATION, politicsCategory:sv:Politics#ADMINISTRATION) an administration (especially in US politics)
        Bush-administrationen
        the Bush administration
        Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#ADMINISTRATION
      4. administration (of a medicine or the like)
        oral administration
        oral administration
        Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#ADMINISTRATION

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