administration

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ədˌmɪnəˈstreɪʃən/
• SAMPA: /@d%mIn@"str\eIS@n/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

Singular administration

Plural administrations

1. (uncountable) Administration is the process of running and organising an organisation such as a business or government.

   The mayor is responsible for the administration of the town.

   He wanted to go into politics, so he studied public administration at university.

2. (countable & uncountable) The administration are the people who run and organise an organisation such as a business or government.

   In short, the administration does not actually know why it wants a space station.

   The Bush administration has one of the worst records of any American government.

Related words

• administrator
• administrate
• administrative