administer
part of speech
verb (administer, administers, administered, administering)
meaning for a pupil
1) (formal) To administer means to manage or be in charge of something, such as a school, a test or money: "the office administers the school trips". tree →
2) (formal) To administer medicine or first aid means to give it to someone. tree →
3) (formal) To administer a punishment means to give it out. tree →
4) To administer a test or an oath means to give it to people and see that it is done properly. tree →
sense in the lessons
In formal and exam language, "administer" replaces "run" or "give". In health and safety, only trained people or parents should administer medicine to children. Phrases: administer first aid, administer medicine, administer a test, administer justice.
examples
- even to give to them that were reckoned by genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation; for in their office of trust they administered the sacred gifts; (Writings 2CH.31.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- The nurse administered the medicine. tree →
- A trained first aider administered first aid until the ambulance came. tree →
- The test will be administered in the hall. tree →
- The money is administered by the head teacher. tree →
- The judge administered the oath to the witness. tree →
- Only a parent may administer medicine at home. tree →
- Since he thus reigned with justice, with justice also his ministers administered the law. tree →
note
Formal. Nouns: administration (the managing), administrator (the person). Everyday words: run, manage, give. Do not say "administrate" in formal writing; "administer" is preferred.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «administer» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.