Administer

  • 21administer — verb ADVERB ▪ effectively, efficiently ▪ centrally, locally ▪ The legislation was to be centrally administered by the Board of Education. ▪ jointly …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 22administer — ad|min|is|ter [ əd mınıstər ] verb transitive 1. ) to be responsible for managing a company, organization, or institution: The foundation was formed specifically to administer the project. a ) to be responsible for making certain that something… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 23administer — verb (T) 1 to manage and organize the affairs of a company, government etc: the bureaucrats who administer welfare programs | The Navajo administer their own territory within the United States. 2 to organize the way a test or punishment is given …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24administer — To manage or conduct. Glocksen v. Holmes, 299 Ky. 626, 186 S.W.2d 634, 637. To discharge the duties of an office; to take charge of business; to manage affairs; to serve in the conduct of affairs, in the application of things to their uses; to… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 25administer — To manage or conduct. Glocksen v. Holmes, 299 Ky. 626, 186 S.W.2d 634, 637. To discharge the duties of an office; to take charge of business; to manage affairs; to serve in the conduct of affairs, in the application of things to their uses; to… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 26administer — To apply or enforce the law. To dispense justice. To dispense or apply medicine. To take charge; to manage, as in administering the estate of a decedent. A board is said to administer a law while performing any ministerial act or acts which the… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 27administer — Synonyms and related words: abide by, accord, adhere to, administer justice, administrate, afford, allocate, allot, allow, apply, apportion, assign, award, be master, bestow, bestow on, captain, carry on, carry out, carry through, chair, chairman …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 28administer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. govern, rule, manage, control; give, dose, dispense. See authority, giving, apportionment, conduct. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To manage] Syn. conduct, direct, control, govern; see command 2 , govern …

    English dictionary for students

  • 29administer — verb 1) the union is administered by a central executive Leighton administers an entire department Syn: manage, direct, control, operate, regulate, conduct, handle, run, organize, supervise, superintend, oversee, preside over, govern …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 30administer — /əd mɪnɪstə/ verb to organise, manage or direct the whole of an organisation or part of one ● She administers a large pension fund. ● It will be the HR manager’s job to administer the induction programme …

    Dictionary of banking and finance