administration

[ ad-min-uh-strey-shuhn ]

noun

1. the management of any office, business, or organization; direction.
2. the function of a political state in exercising its governmental duties.
3. the duty or duties of an administrator in exercising the executive functions of the position.
4. the management by an administrator of such duties.
5. a body of administrators, especially in government.
6. Often Administration. the executive branch of the U.S. government during a particular president's term of office: The current administration has threatened to veto the new bill.

   The Reagan administration followed President Carter's.

   The current administration has threatened to veto the new bill.

7. the period of service of a governmental administrator or body of governmental administrators.
8. any group entrusted with executive or administrative powers:

   the administration of a college.

9. Law. management of a decedent's estate by an executor or administrator or of a trust estate by a trustee.
10. an act of dispensing, especially formally:

    administration of the sacraments.

11. supervision of the taking of an oath or the like.
12. application, as of a salve or medicine.

administration

/ ədˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən /

noun

1. management of the affairs of an organization, such as a business or institution
2. the duties of an administrator
3. the body of people who administer an organization
4. the conduct of the affairs of government
5. term of office: often used of presidents, governments, etc
6. the executive branch of government along with the public service; the government as a whole
7. often capital the political executive, esp of the US; the government
8. a government board, agency, authority, etc
9. property law
   1. the conduct or disposal of the estate of a deceased person
   2. the management by a trustee of an estate subject to a trust
10. 1. the administering of something, such as a sacrament, oath, or medical treatment
    2. the thing that is administered

Derived Forms

• adˈministratively, adverb
• adˈministrative, adjective

Other Words From

• ad·minis·tration·al adjective
• anti·ad·minis·tration noun adjective
• misad·minis·tration noun
• pread·minis·tration noun
• proad·minis·tration adjective
• self-ad·minis·tration noun
• subad·minis·tration noun
• super·ad·minis·tration noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of administration¹

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English administracio(u)n, from Latin administrātiōn- (stem of administrātiō ) “service”; administrate, -ion

Example Sentences

President-elect Donald Trump flooded his Truth Social feed with a grip of key Cabinet nominations on Friday night, rounding out his administration less than two months ahead of his inauguration.

From Salon

The president-elect’s only Black Cabinet nominee served in Trump’s first administration on the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council.

From Salon

Chavez-DeRemer, who lost her seat earlier this month, is a pro-labor pick for a largely anti-union administration.

From Salon

Trump announced plans to install Johns Hopkins surgeon Marty Makary as the head of the Food and Drug Administration, Makary was a vocal critic of coronavirus lockdowns and argued the pandemic would end when Americans reached “natural immunity.”

From Salon

The Drug Enforcement Administration issued a notice of intent to add protonitazene and another emergent “nitazene” drug to the Controlled Substances Act as Schedule I narcotics only two months ago.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• board
• bureau
• cabinet
• committee
• department
• executive
• legislature
• management
• ministry
• presidency