administration
(noun)
noun
1. a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)
Similar word(s): disposal
Definition categories: act, direction, management
2. 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
Similar word(s): brass, establishment, governance, organisation, organization
Definition categories: group, body
3. the act of administering medication
Definition categories: act, medication
4. the tenure of a president
- things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration
Similar word(s): presidency
Definition categories: time, incumbency, tenure
5. the act of governing; exercising authority
Similar word(s): governance, governing, government
Definition categories: act
6. the act of meting out justice according to the law
Similar word(s): judicature
Definition categories: act, justice
Sentences with administration as a noun:
- Successive US administrations have had similar Middle East policies.
- the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.
- The company went into voluntary administration last week.