administration

«administration» in Mova's school dictionary: the work of organising and running a business, school or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (administration, administrations)

meaning for a pupil

1) Administration is the work of organising and running a business, school or office. tree →

2) The administration is the group of people who manage an organisation. tree →

3) An administration is a government, especially in the USA. tree →

4) (formal) The administration of medicine is giving it to someone. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school life: the school office does the administration (letters, registers, dinner money). In news and civics: «the president's administration». In health: «administration of medicine» by a nurse. Short informal word: «admin».

examples

• The school administration sent letters home. tree →
• Mum works in administration at the hospital. tree →
• There is a lot of administration in running a club. tree →
• The new administration made changes to taxes. tree →
• Only a nurse should handle the administration of medicine. tree →
• Ask the administration office for a form. tree →
• Not thinking one vizir enough for the administration of his estates he had two, named Khacan and Saouy. tree →

note

Informal short form: admin. Verb: administer (UK also administrate); adjective: administrative. Mostly uncountable for the work; countable for governments.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «administration» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.