Administer
verb
To manage or be in charge of something, such as a business, organization, or public affairs.
He is responsible for administering the economic policies of the government.
Often appears as...
- administer justice
- administer the law
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Academic
verb
To give or apply something, like a medicine or a dosage of a vaccine.
The nurse administered the injection to the patient.
Often appears as...
- administer medication
- administer an injection
verb
In legal terms, to administer means to execute or enforce a court order or will.
The probate court appointed a public trustee to administer the estate.
Often appears as...
- administer an estate
- administer justice
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Formal
Technical
verb
To provide or supply something.
The government has a responsibility to administer basic services to its citizens.
Often appears as...
- administer aid
- administer services
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Academic
verb
To inflict something on someone, such as a punishment.
The judge administered a heavy fine for the offense.
Often appears as...
- administer punishment
- administer a fine
verb
To manage or be in charge of something, such as a business, organization, or public affairs.
He is responsible for administering the economic policies of the government.
Often appears as...
- administer justice
- administer the law
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To give or apply something, like a medicine or a dosage of a vaccine.
The nurse administered the injection to the patient.
Often appears as...
- administer medication
- administer an injection
verb
In legal terms, to administer means to execute or enforce a court order or will.
The probate court appointed a public trustee to administer the estate.
Often appears as...
- administer an estate
- administer justice
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
To provide or supply something.
The government has a responsibility to administer basic services to its citizens.
Often appears as...
- administer aid
- administer services
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To inflict something on someone, such as a punishment.
The judge administered a heavy fine for the offense.
Often appears as...
- administer punishment
- administer a fine
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Leadership Context
Often used to describe someone's role in leading or overseeing an organization or process.
As a manager, she administers the team's daily operations efficiently.
Pro Tip 2/2Authority Implied
Implies a level of authority or control over a system or rules.
The principal administers school policies with a fair approach.
Pro Tip 1/2Leadership Context
Often used to describe someone's role in leading or overseeing an organization or process.
As a manager, she administers the team's daily operations efficiently.
Pro Tip 2/2Authority Implied
Implies a level of authority or control over a system or rules.
The principal administers school policies with a fair approach.
Pro Tip 1/2Leadership Context
Often used to describe someone's role in leading or overseeing an organization or process.
As a manager, she administers the team's daily operations efficiently.
Pro Tip 2/2Authority Implied
Implies a level of authority or control over a system or rules.
The principal administers school policies with a fair approach.
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A low-cost, reliable...
compared to the plastics and wasteful reagents it is also temperature independent needing no refrigeration and it's a totally universal process so that it can decentralize testing location and also be administered within an area by people in that area and you don't necessarily have to be a trained medical
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How do US Supreme Court...
with ties broken by the vice president. With the Senate's consent, the president issues a written appointment, allowing the nominee to complete the final steps to take the constitutional and judicial oaths. In doing so, they solemnly swear to administer justice without respect to persons
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How does the Nobel Peace...
would be administered in Norway. Disarmament, peace congresses, and brotherhood between nations. These standards have since been expanded to include other ways of promoting peace, such as human rights and negotiations. And the prize doesn't just have to go to one person.
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What the world can learn...
across the country, general practitioners can actually administer those. And it certainly sounds like more and more med tech start-ups in the US are now trying to create these home kits, so that people can start testing at home. That will help a lot.
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What is bipolar...
because they're afraid it will dim their emotions and destroy their creativity. But modern psychiatry is actively trying to avoid that. Today, doctors work with patients on a case-by-case basis to administer a combination of treatments and therapies
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Bed Bugs PIPE National...
bug administers an anesthetic so you don't wake up as well as an anticoagulant so your vital life essence will gush freely from your veins and here's a cheery fact a bedbug can drink three times its weight in a single meal
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How does the Rorschach...
showed that when administered properly the test yields valid results, which can help diagnose mental illness or round out a patient’s psychological profile. It’s hardly a stand-alone key to the human mind– no test is.
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What happens to people...
can alter, will alter, the subatomic reaction being observed. In other words, watching something affects its course. In a democracy like the US, prisons are administered in our name and on our behalf.
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Cannibal Scorpions vs....
combination wrestling match tango competition and advanced yoga class look at this amazing sight one scorpion finds the tiniest and the others armor and administers the fatal
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Agonising Wait For...
He's been down too long and they're worried. Vet Matthew Mutinder, administers another shot of antidote.
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A low-cost, reliable...
compared to the plastics and wasteful reagents it is also temperature independent needing no refrigeration and it's a totally universal process so that it can decentralize testing location and also be administered within an area by people in that area and you don't necessarily have to be a trained medical
Video examples
How do US Supreme Court...
with ties broken by the vice president. With the Senate's consent, the president issues a written appointment, allowing the nominee to complete the final steps to take the constitutional and judicial oaths. In doing so, they solemnly swear to administer justice without respect to persons
Video examples
How does the Nobel Peace...
would be administered in Norway. Disarmament, peace congresses, and brotherhood between nations. These standards have since been expanded to include other ways of promoting peace, such as human rights and negotiations. And the prize doesn't just have to go to one person.
Video examples
What the world can learn...
across the country, general practitioners can actually administer those. And it certainly sounds like more and more med tech start-ups in the US are now trying to create these home kits, so that people can start testing at home. That will help a lot.
Video examples
What is bipolar...
because they're afraid it will dim their emotions and destroy their creativity. But modern psychiatry is actively trying to avoid that. Today, doctors work with patients on a case-by-case basis to administer a combination of treatments and therapies
Video examples
Bed Bugs PIPE National...
bug administers an anesthetic so you don't wake up as well as an anticoagulant so your vital life essence will gush freely from your veins and here's a cheery fact a bedbug can drink three times its weight in a single meal
Video examples
How does the Rorschach...
showed that when administered properly the test yields valid results, which can help diagnose mental illness or round out a patient’s psychological profile. It’s hardly a stand-alone key to the human mind– no test is.
Video examples
What happens to people...
can alter, will alter, the subatomic reaction being observed. In other words, watching something affects its course. In a democracy like the US, prisons are administered in our name and on our behalf.
Video examples
Cannibal Scorpions vs....
combination wrestling match tango competition and advanced yoga class look at this amazing sight one scorpion finds the tiniest and the others armor and administers the fatal
Video examples
Agonising Wait For...
He's been down too long and they're worried. Vet Matthew Mutinder, administers another shot of antidote.
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Jermaine Jackson
American Musician
Whether it's possible or not, being a doctor, you take an oath. To care for your patient, not to kill them. You take an oath to do things that are proper in the medical world. Not to administer something outside of a hospital setting that's not even your area.
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Lynsey Addario
American Photographer
If publications want to publish images and stories from a certain person, they should put that person on assignment, cover his or her expenses, make sure they have access to security briefings and experts, someone to administer first aid, etc.
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Thomas Paine
English Activist
To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.
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Queen Elizabeth II
English Royalty
I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.
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Kevin Brady
American Politician
If we were starting from scratch, there's no question a simple retail consumption tax with protections for those with lower incomes would drive the economy the best and be the simplest to administer.
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Montel Williams
American Entertainer
If we get the donations, I think we're going to raise a significant amount of money; some will be used for some administered costs, but the public portion of that will go directly into grants.
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Rutger Bregman
Dutch Historian
Government isn't there just to administer life support to failing markets. Without the government, many of those markets would not even exist.
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John Selden
English Statesman
No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man.
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John Barton
Canadian Poet
I find it exhausting to administer a magazine without an office or paid staff.
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Christopher Darden
American Lawyer
The law has no compassion. And justice is administered without compassion.
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Jermaine Jackson
American Musician
Whether it's possible or not, being a doctor, you take an oath. To care for your patient, not to kill them. You take an oath to do things that are proper in the medical world. Not to administer something outside of a hospital setting that's not even your area.
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Lynsey Addario
American Photographer
If publications want to publish images and stories from a certain person, they should put that person on assignment, cover his or her expenses, make sure they have access to security briefings and experts, someone to administer first aid, etc.
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Thomas Paine
English Activist
To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.
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Queen Elizabeth II
English Royalty
I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.
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Kevin Brady
American Politician
If we were starting from scratch, there's no question a simple retail consumption tax with protections for those with lower incomes would drive the economy the best and be the simplest to administer.
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Montel Williams
American Entertainer
If we get the donations, I think we're going to raise a significant amount of money; some will be used for some administered costs, but the public portion of that will go directly into grants.
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Rutger Bregman
Dutch Historian
Government isn't there just to administer life support to failing markets. Without the government, many of those markets would not even exist.
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John Selden
English Statesman
No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man.
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John Barton
Canadian Poet
I find it exhausting to administer a magazine without an office or paid staff.
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Christopher Darden
American Lawyer
The law has no compassion. And justice is administered without compassion.
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