administration

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Pronunciation

/ədˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən/(ad-min-ih-STRAY-shun)

Part of speech

nounneutral

Chinese

行政;管理;政府当局(管理组织或政府事务的过程,或负责的机构)

Definition

The process or activity of running a business or organisation; the people responsible for running a business; a government in power.

Word family

  • administer/ədˈmɪnɪstə/(v)管理;施行
  • administrator/ədˈmɪnɪstreɪtə/(n)行政人员
  • administrative/ədˈmɪnɪstrətɪv/(adj)行政的

Collocations

  • public administration
  • reduce administration
  • administration costs
  • Trump/Biden administration
  • efficient administration
  • healthcare administration

Examples

  1. 1.The new system is designed to reduce administration and free up staff time for higher-value activities.
  2. 2.The previous administration introduced a number of reforms that the incoming government has pledged to maintain.

Synonyms

  • management/ˈmænɪdʒmənt/the organisation and control of things
  • governance/ˈɡʌvənəns/the way something is governed
  • bureaucracy/bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi/the system of rules and procedures

Etymology

from Latin "administratio," from "administrare" (to manage)