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- pronunciation:
 d
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nih
streI
tihv
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition: |
of or pertaining to administration or management.
Whether or not to hire more workers is an administrative decision.The boss's administrative assistant will set up the meeting.- synonyms:
- executive, managerial, supervisory
- similar words:
- authoritative
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| related words: |
commanding |
(adj.)administrative
+ noun
action,
agency,
aide,
apparatus,
appeal,
arrangement,
assistant,
authority,
autonomy,
barrier,
boundary,
burden,
bureaucracy,
capability,
capacity,
complaint,
compliance,
convenience,
cost,
decision,
detention,
discretion,
duty,
effectiveness,
efficiency,
elite,
enforcement,
error,
expense,
framework,
function,
guidance,
headquarters,
hearing,
hierarchy,
infrastructure,
inspection,
involvement,
judge,
law,
leadership,
leave,
litigation,
management,
mandate,
mechanism,
office,
officer,
order,
overhead,
oversight,
paperwork,
penalty,
personnel,
position,
post,
pricing,
priority,
procedure,
punishment,
purpose,
rank,
reform,
region,
regulation,
remedy,
requirement,
responsibility,
review,
ruling,
salary,
search,
segregation,
staff,
structure,
support,
task,
tribunal,
unit,
warrant
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| derivation: |
administratively (adv.) |
The word administrative
contains the following parts:
ad-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
Originally a Latin preposition and prefix, ad-
occurs in English in Latin loanwords. It has multiple forms, as the final 'd' sound in ad-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See its assimilated forms: ac-, af-, ag-1, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, and at-.
Example words:
adapt, add, addict, addiction, adduce, adequate, adhere, adherent, adit, adjacent, adjective, adjunct, adjure, adjust, administer, administrative, administrator, admissible, admission, admit, admonition, adopt, adoption, advent, adverb, adversary, adverse, adversity, advert, advertent, advertise, advocate, inadvertent
minist, minst
Latin
root
that means serve, assist
Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
-ive, -ative
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means tending to, connected with, or performing
More about this word part:
The suffix -ive
, -ative
turns Latinate verb bases into adjectives. Many adjectives ending in -ive
, -ative
have corresponding noun forms ending in -ity (objective
, objectivity) or -ion (effusive
, effusion).
Example words:
abrasive, abusive, accumulative, activate, active, actively, activist, administrative, affirmative, aggressive, alternative, attractive, captive, cognitive, combative, conclusive, curative, cursive, dative, derisive, divisive, effusive, emotive, exclusive, expensive, figurative, fixative, formative, fricative, fugitive, imperative, incisive, inclusive, infinitive, interactive, laxative, native, normative, objective, permissive, productive, protective, quantitative, relative, restive, subjective
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