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# administer

«administer» in Mova's school dictionary: **to manage or be in charge of something, such as a school…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administer/#m1)

2) (formal) To administer medicine or first aid means to give it to someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administer/#m2)

3) (formal) To administer a punishment means to give it out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administer/#m3)

4) To administer a test or an oath means to give it to people and see that it is done properly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administer/#m4)

### 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

- The nurse administered the medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administer/#x1)
- A trained first aider administered first aid until the ambulance came. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administer/#x2)
- The test will be administered in the hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administer/#x3)
- The money is administered by the head teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administer/#x4)
- The judge administered the oath to the witness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administer/#x5)
- Only a parent may administer medicine at home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administer/#x6)
- Since he thus reigned with justice, with justice also his ministers administered the law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administer/#x7)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.