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Definition of Administration
1. Noun. A method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs).
Category relationships: Business, Business Enterprise, Commercial Enterprise
Generic synonyms: Direction, Management
Specialized synonyms: Conducting, Line Management, Organisation, Organization, Running, Polity
Derivative terms: Administer
2. Noun. The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something. "He quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"
Generic synonyms: Body
Group relationships: Authorities, Government, Regime
Specialized synonyms: Curia, Top Brass, Executive, Bench, Judiciary, County Council, Government Officials, Officialdom, Management
Terms within: Hierarchy, Pecking Order, Power Structure
Member holonyms: Advisory Board, Planning Board
Derivative terms: Administer, Organise, Organise, Organise, Organize, Organize, Organize, Organize
3. Noun. The act of administering medication.
Generic synonyms: Medication
Specialized synonyms: Drip Feed, Drugging, Sedation
Derivative terms: Administer
4. Noun. The tenure of a president. "Things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration"
Generic synonyms: Incumbency, Tenure, Term Of Office
Derivative terms: Administer, President, President, President, President, President, President
5. Noun. The act of governing; exercising authority. "He had considerable experience of government"
Examples of category: Land Reform, Squandermania, Price-fixing, Devolution, Devolvement, Destabilisation, Destabilization, Protest March, Government, Government, Political Science, Politics, Paternalism, Manifesto, Pronunciamento, Authorities, Government, Regime, Event Planner, Bounty, Premium, Zero Coupon Bond, Zero-coupon Bond, Office, Power, Anarchy, Lawlessness, Progressive, Reform-minded, Reformist, Allegiant, Federal, Unitary, Minimalist
Generic synonyms: Social Control
Specialized synonyms: Misgovernment, Misrule, Lawmaking, Legislating, Legislation, Trust Busting
Derivative terms: Govern, Govern, Govern
6. Noun. The act of meting out justice according to the law.
Definition of Administration
1. n. The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management.
Definition of Administration
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Medical Definition of Administration
1. 1. The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management. "His financial administration was of a piece with his military administration." (Macaulay) 2. The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain. "A mild and popular administration." (Macaulay) "The administration has been opposed in parliament." (Johnson) 3. The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament. 4. The management and disposal, under legal authority, of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no competent executor. The management of an estate of a deceased person by an executor, the strictly corresponding term execution not being in use. Administration with the will annexed, administration granted where the testator has appointed no executor, or where his appointment of an executor for any cause has failed, as by death, incompetency, refusal to act, etc. Synonym: Conduct, management, direction, regulation, execution, dispensation, distribution. Origin: OE. Administracioun, L. Administratio: cf. F. Administration. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)