administration
/ədˌmɪn·əˈstreɪ·ʃən/, /æd-/ n [C/U]Definition
› the management or control of an organization: [U] He’s studying business administration. › politics & government An administration in the US is the period when a President is in office: [C] The Clinton administration has been full of surprises. › politics & government An administration is also all of the officials working in a government's executivebranch . administrative /ədˈmɪn·əˌstreɪ·t̬ɪv/, /æd-/ adj [not gradable] › You will do mainly administrative work. administratively /ədˈmɪn·əˌstreɪ·t̬ɪv·li/, /ədˌmɪn·əˈstreɪ-/, /æd-/ adv [not gradable] › Matthews said charges against him should be handled administratively. administrator /ədˈmɪn·əˌstreɪ·t̬ər/, /æd-/ n [C] › She works as a school administrator.
(Definition of administration n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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