administer
verb/ədˈmɪnɪstə(r)/
/ədˈmɪnɪstər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they administer | /ədˈmɪnɪstə(r)/ /ədˈmɪnɪstər/ |
| he / she / it administers | /ədˈmɪnɪstəz/ /ədˈmɪnɪstərz/ |
| past simple administered | /ədˈmɪnɪstəd/ /ədˈmɪnɪstərd/ |
| past participle administered | /ədˈmɪnɪstəd/ /ədˈmɪnɪstərd/ |
| -ing form administering | /ədˈmɪnɪstərɪŋ/ /ədˈmɪnɪstərɪŋ/ |
- administer something to manage and organize the affairs of a company, an organization, a country, etc. synonym manage
- to administer a charity/fund/school
- the high cost of administering medical services
- The pension funds are administered by commercial banks.
Extra Examples- The charity is administered by a 20-strong management committee.
- The country has to face up to the high cost of administering medical services.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- effectively
- efficiently
- centrally
- …
- be difficult to
- be easy to
- be simple to
- …
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- administer something to make sure that something is done fairly and in the correct way
- to administer justice/the law
- The questionnaire was administered by trained interviewers.
Extra Examples- It is the function of the courts to administer the laws which Parliament has enacted.
- Bishops came before the Pope and justice was administered by him in person.
- The team is responsible for administering the tests and marking the papers.
- administer something (to somebody) (formal) to give or to provide something, especially in a formal way
- The teacher has the authority to administer punishment.
- A taxi driver administered first aid to the victims.
- The priest was called to administer the last rites.
- (formal) to give drugs, medicine, etc. to somebody
- administer something Police believe his wife could not have administered the poison.
- administer something to somebody The dose was administered to the child intravenously.
- administer a kick, a punch, etc. (to somebody/something) (formal) to kick or to hit somebody/something
- He administered a severe blow to his opponent's head.
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin administrare, from ad- ‘to’ + ministrare ‘wait upon’, from minister ‘servant’, from minus ‘less’.
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