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Use the word administration to describe the group of people running an organization: “University administration declared Wednesday a snow day and sent everyone home early.”

You’ve probably heard the noun administration used to describe a political group, such as the Bush administration or the Obama administration. It can also be used to refer to the daily activities involved in running a group or a program: “Carla handles the administration of the summer camp.”

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: administration

1	n	the act of governing; exercising authority
2	n	the act of administering medication

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: administration

n the act of governing; exercising authority

Synonyms:: governance, governing, government, government activity

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; misgovernment, misrule
government that is inefficient or dishonest; lawmaking, legislating, legislation
the act of making or enacting laws; trust busting
(law) government activities seeking to dissolve corporate trusts and monopolies (especially under the United States antitrust laws); criminalisation, criminalization
legislation that makes something illegal; decriminalisation, decriminalization
legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal; enactment, passage
the passing of a law by a legislative body

Type of:: social control
control exerted (actively or passively) by group action

n a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)

Synonyms:: disposal

Types:: show 11 types...; hide 11 types...; conducting
the way of administering a business; line management
administration of the activities contributing directly to an organization's output; organisation, organization
the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business; running
the act of administering or being in charge of something; polity
shrewd or crafty management of public affairs; administrivia
the tiresome but essential details that must be taken care of and tasks that must be performed in running an organization; nonprofit, nonprofit organization, not-for-profit
an organization chartered for other than profit-making activities; rationalisation, rationalization
the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency; reorganisation, reorganization, shake-up, shakeup
the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes); self-organisation, self-organization
organizing yourself (especially organizing your own labor union); syndication
organizing into or administering as a syndicate

Type of:: direction, management
the act of managing something

n the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

“he claims that the present administration is corrupt”

Synonyms:: brass, establishment, governance, governing body, organisation, organization

Types:: show 15 types...; hide 15 types...; Curia
(Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church; top brass
the most important persons in a governing body; executive
persons who administer the law; bench, judiciary
persons who administer justice; county council
the elected governing body of a county; government officials, officialdom
people elected or appointed to administer a government; management
those in charge of running a business; Bush administration
the executive under President George W. Bush; Clinton administration
the executive under President Clinton; Bush administration
the executive under President George H. W. Bush; Reagan administration
the executive under President Reagan; Carter administration
the executive under President Carter; civil service
government workers; usually hired on the basis of competitive examinations; house
the management of a gambling house or casino; bureaucracy, bureaucratism
nonelective government officials

Type of:: body
a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity

n the tenure of a president

“things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration”

Synonyms:: presidency, presidential term

Type of:: incumbency, tenure, term of office
the term during which some position is held

n the act of meting out justice according to the law

Synonyms:: judicature

Type of:: justice
judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments

n the act of administering medication

Synonyms:: giving medication

Types:: drip feed
the administration of a solution (blood or saline or plasma etc.) one drop at a time; drugging, sedation
the administration of a sedative agent or drug

Type of:: medication
the act of treating with medicines or remedies

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