administer

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ədˈmɪnɪstɚ/

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Verb

Plain form administer

Third-person singular administers

Past tense administered

Past participle administered

Present participle administering

1. (transitive) If you administer a test, program etc., you organize and supervise it.

   The school administers IELTS and TOEFL tests for students who need to take them.

2. (transitive) (medicine) If a medical person administers drugs they put the drugs into the person or animal.

   Sometimes, nurses administer the drug to the wrong patient.

Related words

• administration
• administrate