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administration

noun
/ədˌmɪn.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/UK/ədˌmɪn.əˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/CA/ədˌmɪn.əˈstɹæɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English administracioun, from Old French administration, from Latin administratio, from administrare; see administer; compare French administration. Equivalent to administrate + -ion.

  1. derived from administratio
  2. derived from administration
  3. inherited from administracioun

Definitions

  1. The act of administering

    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. The executive part of government

    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.

  3. The country's government under the rule of a particular leader.

    • The Obama administration
    • The Duterte administration
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A body that administers

      A body that administers; a body of administrators.

    2. The act of administering, or tendering something to another

      The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.

      • the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament
      • oral administration of insulin

    3. Management.

    4. An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.

      • The company went into voluntary administration last week.

    5. Alternative letter-case form of administration.

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Derived

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

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at administration. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at administration. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at administration

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA