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# administrative

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

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

### sense in the 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 administrative staff work in the school office. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administrative/#x1)
- Filling in forms is an administrative job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administrative/#x2)
- The charity keeps its administrative costs low. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administrative/#x3)
- The country is split into administrative regions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administrative/#x4)
- She does administrative work for a hospital. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administrative/#x5)
- The meeting was about administrative changes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administrative/#x6)

### note

Related words: administer, administration, administrator. Often shortened to admin in informal talk: admin work.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «administrative» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administrative/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.