administration

English Online Dictionary. What means administration‎? What does administration mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English administracioun, from Old French administration, from Latin administratio, from administrare; see administer; compare French administration.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ədˌmɪnəˈstɹeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

administration (usually uncountable, plural administrations)

2. (uncountable) 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.
4. (countable, government, politics) 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.

5. (government, politics) The country's government under the rule of a particular leader.

6. (countable) A body that administers; a body of administrators.
7. (uncountable) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.

9. (uncountable, business) Management.
10. (uncountable, law, UK) An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.

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Translations

References

• “administration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Danish

Noun

administration c (singular definite administrationen, plural indefinite administrationer)

1. administration

Declension

Further reading

• “administration” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Old French administration, from Latin administrātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.mi.nis.tʁa.sjɔ̃/

Noun

administration f (plural administrations)

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

Derived terms

• conseil d’administration

Further reading

• “administration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Interlingua

Noun

administration (plural administrationes)

1. administration (act of administering)

Swedish

Noun

administration c

1. administration (act of administering)
2. an administration (body that administers)
3. (government, politics) an administration (especially in US politics)

4. administration (of a medicine or the like)

Declension

Related terms

• administrera

References

• administration in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• administration in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)