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/ɐdmˌɪnɪstɹˈeɪʃən/
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[ US /ædˌmɪnɪˈstɹeɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ædˌmɪnɪˈstɹeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- the act of administering medication
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the act of governing; exercising authority
he had considerable experience of government
regulations for the governing of state prisons -
the tenure of a president
things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration - a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)
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the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
the governance of an association is responsible to its members
he claims that the present administration is corrupt
he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment - the act of meting out justice according to the law
How To Use administration In A Sentence
- While the site focuses mainly on their environmental concerns, they're also up in arms about the Bush administration's general abuse and disregard for science - including the idea that abstinence is some kind of cureall. News from the House of Sticks -
- The administration will lose a lot of respect in my eyes if this goes ahead.
- Isn't there quite a few "rotund" people in the Obama administration??? Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
- I mean, who doesn't want a product that is easier to use, has less locking contention, minimizes storage administration, makes access to administrative data easier, and so on?
- It had been always understood, by watchful politicians, that the Repeal agitation slumbered only until the reinstalment of a Conservative administration. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843
- At a minimum, the Bush administration had better step up its promotion of the economy's current sizzling performance.
- I'm not sure what Laurie from Manly Dorm might be referring to as hate mongering (although I see that talking about secession is divisive), but I'd like to point out it's not hateful to say the Bush administration is antidemocratic, plutocratic and militarily adventuristic. American Coastopia!
- The latest strategy is now seen dropping unsupported accusations across the media spectrum to the effect that the intelligence agency's assignment of Ambassador Joseph Wilson to look into the now-discredited Iraq/Niger/uranium claims were all part of a long-term insidious scheme to try and discredit the Bush Administration. Brad Friedman: Wingnuts Declare Coordinated All-Out Cross-Media War on CIA as Newest Front in TreasonGate!
- Administration. Quality assurance must be integrated into local health care management functions. 3.
- I doubt that Michelle Obama was surprised or dismayed by the boos at the Nascar rally: it's not surprising that the national doubtfulness about first ladies and the strong, accomplished women who are coming to hold the role would emerge in boos from some of the Obama administration's fiercest opponents. Michelle Obama's Nascar boos | Kay Dilday
