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.