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[ad-min-uh-strey-tiv, -struh-]

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adjective

pertaining to administration; executive: administrative ability.

Origin:
1725–35; < Latin administrātīvus. See administrate, -ive

Related forms

ad·min·is·tra·tive·ly, adverb

non·ad·min·is·tra·tive, adjective

non·ad·min·is·tra·tive·ly, adverb

pre·ad·min·is·tra·tive, adjective

sub·ad·min·is·tra·tive, adjective

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sub·ad·min·is·tra·tive·ly, adverb

un·ad·min·is·tra·tive, adjective

un·ad·min·is·tra·tive·ly, adverb

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Administrative has a plethora of syllables.

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Example Sentences

Beginning in the fall, those teachers will perform administrative duties or be sent home if they are deemed a threat to students.

But it will be the first test of its administrative competence in a country that is crying out for good leadership.

So administrative work can be given to locally elected people.

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World English Dictionary

administration (ədˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən)

—n
1.	management of the affairs of an organization, such as a business or institution
2.	the duties of an administrator
3.	the body of people who administer an organization
4.	the conduct of the affairs of government
5.	term of office: often used of presidents, governments, etc
6.	the executive branch of government along with the public service; the government as a whole
7.	chiefly (US) (often capital) the political executive, esp of the US; the government
8.	chiefly (US) a government board, agency, authority, etc
9.	property law
	a. the conduct or disposal of the estate of a deceased person
	b. the management by a trustee of an estate subject to a trust
10.	a. the administering of something, such as a sacrament, oath, or medical treatment
	b. the thing that is administered

ad'ministrative

—*adj*

ad'ministratively

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

administrative

1731, from L. administrativus, from pp. stem of administrare (see administer).

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