administration

🇺🇸 /ədˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃn/ 🇬🇧 /ədˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃn/
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noun
B2

the work of managing and organizing a business, school, or other place

She works in the school administration office.

B2

the government of a country, especially the US government

The current administration has new plans for healthcare.

R

the management of public or government affairs

The island is under British administration.

R

the process of organizing how something is done

The administration of the test took two hours.

R

the people who manage and run a business or institution

The school administration decided to close early.

R

the act of giving medicine to someone

The nurse handled the administration of the vaccine.

R

when a business that cannot pay its debts is managed by an outside person

The company went into administration because it had too much debt.

translation

n. the work of managing and organizing a business, school, or other place; the government of a country, especially the US government; the management of public or government affairs; the process of organizing how something is done; the people who manage and run a business or institution; the act of giving medicine to someone; when a business that cannot pay its debts is managed by an outside person

Word Forms

Plural administrations