administrative
part of speech
adjective (administrative)
meaning for a pupil
About organising and running a school, business or government: the paperwork, planning and office work. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah, the "Thirty-second Path" is the intelligence that directs the seven planets in their courses. Interpretation: In the Kabbalistic reading, the thirty-second path is the final stage of the thirty-two paths, linked with the Sabbath and the way wisdom is carried into the lower world. In the primary lessons: In formal and school language: administrative staff (office workers), administrative tasks. In geography, an administrative region or area is a part of a country with its own local government. Phrases: administrative staff, administrative costs, administrative area.
examples
- The Thirty-second Path is the Administrative Intelligence, and it is so called because it directs and associates, in all their operations, the seven planets, even all of them in their own due courses. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
- The Thirty-second Path is the Administrative Intel- ligence, and it is so called because it directs and asso- ciates in all their operations the seven planets, even all of them in their own due courses. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- The administrative staff work in the school office. tree →
- Filling in forms is an administrative job. tree →
- The charity keeps its administrative costs low. tree →
- The country is split into administrative regions. tree →
- She does administrative work for a hospital. tree →
- The meeting was about administrative changes. tree →
note
Related words: administer, administration, administrator. Often shortened to admin in informal talk: admin work.
Trees and pragmatics
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