administer

Definition of administer in English English dictionary: To apportion out, as in administering justice; To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity; To cause to take, either by openly offering or through deceit
We administered the medicine to our dog by mixing it in his food.; To minister to, as in administering to the sick; {v} to give, conduce, supply, execute, enforce, dispense, settle an intestate estate; work in an administrative capacity; supervise; "administer a program"; (to make it work ;-) To control the operation and use of a computer or other device; the task of a system administrator; Managing or directing the execution of affairs Topic areas: Governance, Staff Development and Organizational Capacity, Volunteer Management, Operations Management and Leadership; to collect the assets, pay all debts owed from the estate and distribute the rest to the beneficiaries; administer ritually; of church sacraments; administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; An EXChange User who can create, modify, and delete other EXChange Users, as well as use all other EXChange functions; To discharge the duties of an office; to give (as in the giving of an oath); give or apply (medications); security policy and schema; Administrator; To tender, as an oath; To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister; To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state; To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable; To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor; Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc; give or apply (medications) administer ritually; of church sacraments work in an administrative capacity; supervise; "administer a program; {f} manage, supervise; implement, execute; supply, dispense, give (i.e. drugs, medication, etc.); To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B; If a doctor or a nurse administers a drug, they give it to a patient. Paramedics are trained to administer certain drugs; To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament; If someone administers something such as a country, the law, or a test, they take responsibility for organizing and supervising it. The plan calls for the UN to administer the country until elections can be held
administer a medicine: give medication, give medicine
administer justice: implement the law, try in a court of law, punish
administer to: care for, tend to, look after
administer to hospital: hospitalize, admit to a hospital
administering: Present participle of administer
To administer: administrate
administered: past of administer
administering: Administration
administering: {i} managing; implementing; supplying, dispensing
administers: third-person singular of administer

administer

Hyphenation

ad·min·is·ter

Turkish pronunciation

ıdmînıstır

Synonyms

administrate, be in the driver’s seat, be in the saddle, boss, carry out, conduct, control, crack the whip, direct, execute, govern, head, head up, hold the reins, oversee

Antonyms

forego, mismanage, neglect, deny, frustrate, refuse, withhold

Pronunciation

/ədˈmənəstər/ /ədˈmɪnəstɜr/

Etymology

() Middle English admynistren Old French aminister Latin administrare (“to manage, execute”) ad (“to”) + ministrare (“to attend, serve”) minister (“servant”); see minister.