administration

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ədˌmɪn.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/]

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1. administration (noun) — sense 1

Definition: The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.

Example: […] the fact that the propertied classes are no longer the best educated, and the fact that the large number of people who owe their position solely to their general education do not possess that experience of the working of the economic system which the administration of property gives are important to understanding the role of the intellectual.

2. administration (noun) — sense 2

Definition: The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.

Example: Successive US administrations have had similar Middle East policies.

3. administration (noun) — sense 3

Definition: The country's government under the rule of a particular leader.

Example: The Obama administration

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