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

2) The administration is the group of people who manage an organisation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administration/#m2)

3) An administration is a government, especially in the USA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administration/#m3)

4) (formal) The administration of medicine is giving it to someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administration/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administration/#x1)
- Mum works in administration at the hospital. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administration/#x2)
- There is a lot of administration in running a club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administration/#x3)
- The new administration made changes to taxes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administration/#x4)
- Only a nurse should handle the administration of medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administration/#x5)
- Ask the administration office for a form. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administration/#x6)
- Not thinking one vizir enough for the administration of his estates he had two, named Khacan and Saouy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administration/#x7)

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