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- pronunciation:
- aed
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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
administers, administering, administered |
| definition 1: |
to manage, execute, or be in charge of.
The United States administered Japan for some years after World War II.The Department of Agriculture administers the food stamp program.- synonyms:
- direct, manage, oversee, run, superintend, supervise
- similar words:
- boss, engineer, execute, govern, head, lead, look after, rule, tend
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| definition 2: |
to bring into operation or use; implement.
The agency administered the new guidelines last month.- synonyms:
- effectuate, execute, implement
- similar words:
- apply, carry out, prosecute
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| definition 3: |
to dispense or make application of.
The drug can only be administered by a physician.- synonyms:
- apply, dispense
- similar words:
- allot, apportion, bestow, deal, disburse, give, mete out, provide, ration, supply
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| related words: |
control, deliver, direct, doctor, dose, enforce, hold, inflict, oversee, supervise, visit |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to perform management duties.
With the company director in the hospital, she was called upon to administer in his stead.- synonyms:
- manage
- similar words:
- boss, direct, govern, preside, rule
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| definition 2: |
to serve or act in a helpful manner; minister (usu. fol. by "to").
The attentive staff administered to all our needs.- synonyms:
- attend, minister
- similar words:
- aid, assist, help, serve, tend
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| related words: |
command, officiate |
adverb + (v.)administer
efficiently, federally, individually, jointly, locally, properly, routinely
(v.)administer
+ adverb
approximately, correctly, fairly, intravenously, orally, privately, randomly, separately
(v.)administer
+ noun
achievement,
adolescent,
aid,
anesthesia,
aptitude,
battery,
beating,
blow,
chemotherapy,
coup,
discipline,
dose,
drug,
estate,
exam,
fitness,
hormone,
injection,
intervention,
interview,
inventory,
justice,
math,
mathematics,
medication,
medicine,
min,
morphine,
oath,
oxygen,
parish,
participant,
patient,
penalty,
poison,
program,
protocol,
province,
punishment,
respondent,
rite,
sacrament,
sample,
session,
shock,
student,
subject,
treatment,
treaty,
undergraduate
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The word administer
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:
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