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administration
[ ad-min-uh-strey-shuhn ]
noun
- the management of any office, business, or organization; direction.
- the function of a political state in exercising its governmental duties.
- the duty or duties of an administrator in exercising the executive functions of the position.
- the management by an administrator of such duties.
- a body of administrators, especially in government.
- 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.
- the period of service of a governmental administrator or body of governmental administrators.
- any group entrusted with executive or administrative powers:
the administration of a college.
- Law. management of a decedent's estate by an executor or administrator or of a trust estate by a trustee.
- an act of dispensing, especially formally:
administration of the sacraments.
- supervision of the taking of an oath or the like.
- application, as of a salve or medicine.
administration
/ əˌɪɪˈٰɪʃə /
noun
- management of the affairs of an organization, such as a business or institution
- the duties of an administrator
- the body of people who administer an organization
- the conduct of the affairs of government
- term of office: often used of presidents, governments, etc
- the executive branch of government along with the public service; the government as a whole
- often capital the political executive, esp of the US; the government
- a government board, agency, authority, etc
- property law
- the conduct or disposal of the estate of a deceased person
- the management by a trustee of an estate subject to a trust
- the administering of something, such as a sacrament, oath, or medical treatment
- the thing that is administered
Derived Forms
- ˈԾٰپ, adverb
- ˈԾٰپ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ·i·ٰtDz· adjective
- t··i·ٰtDz noun adjective
- a·i·ٰtDz noun
- a·i·ٰtDz noun
- a·i·ٰtDz adjective
- -·i·ٰtDz noun
- ܲa·i·ٰtDz noun
- p··i·ٰtDz noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of administration1
Example Sentences
The employees said cuts, which have hit the agency’s recreation, wildlife, IT and other divisions, show the Trump administration is shifting the agency’s focus away from environmental stewardship and toward industry and firefighting.
A bipartisan group of California lawmakers is calling on the Trump administration to preserve $1.2 billion in federal funds for a hydrogen energy project to help wean the state off planet-warming fossil fuels.
The proposed Trump Derangement Syndrome law in Minnesota is an example of how the Trump administration and its allies’ war on multiracial, pluralistic democracy and society is national.
"The biggest problem here is that the Trump administration has not made clear what they want to accomplish with these tariffs," he said.
And even as diversity, equity and inclusion programs have drawn the ire of the Trump administration, gender equality remains a popular cause, giving companies an extra bang for their buck when they back women’s sports.
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