- 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) chiefly US the political executive, esp of the US; the government
- 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
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ad•min•is•tra•tion /ædˌmɪnəˈstreɪʃən/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Government[uncountable] the management and control of a government or the like; the duties of an administrator.
- Government[countable] a body of administrators or executive officials, esp. (often cap.) the officials of the executive branch of a government.
- Government[countable] the period during which an administrator or body of administrators serves.
- [uncountable] the act or process of administering.
ad•min•is•tra•tion
(ad min′ə strā′shən),USA pronunciation n.
ad•min′is•tra′tion•al, adj.
- Governmentthe management of any office, business, or organization;
direction. - Governmentthe function of a political state in exercising its governmental duties.
- Governmentthe duty or duties of an administrator in exercising the executive functions of the position.
- Governmentthe management by an administrator of such duties.
- Governmenta body of administrators, esp. in government.
- Government(often cap.) the executive branch of the U.S. government as headed by the President and in power during his or her term of office:The Administration has threatened to veto the new bill. The Reagan administration followed President Carter's.
- Governmentthe period of service of a governmental administrator or body of governmental administrators.
- Governmentany group entrusted with executive or administrative powers:the administration of a college.
- Lawmanagement of a decedent's estate by an executor or administrator, or of a trust estate by a trustee.
- an act of dispensing, esp. formally:administration of the sacraments.
- supervision of the taking of an oath or the like.
- Medicineapplication, as of a salve or medicine.
- Latin administrātiōn- (stem of administrātiō) service. See administrate, -ion
- Middle English administracio(u)n 1275–1325
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administration /ədˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən/ n
'administration' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
admin
- administration order
- Admiralty Board
- Aegean Islands
- Åland Islands
- anaesthetist
- basilica
- bureaucracy
- Chorzów
- city
- civic centre
- civil service
- collector
- crown colony
- Crown Office
- department
- diocese
- dosage
- drip
- due process of law
- East Timor
- educationalist
- enlightened
- eurocrat
- executive
- FDA
- Gauhati
- Gaza
- government
- Guatemala
- Gulag
- health
- Jackson
- Johnson
- judicatory
- judicature
- judicial
- judiciary
- juridical
- jurisdiction
- justice
- justiciary
- Kosovo
- Kwantung Leased Territory
- librarianship
- Libya
- Lipari Islands
- McKinley
- magistrate
- AAA