administration

[ad-min-uh-strey-shuhn] / ædˌmɪn əˈstreɪ ʃən /

NOUN

management of an organization or effort

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agency authority control government legislation organization policy rule

STRONG

application charge command conduct conducting direction dispensation disposition distribution enforcement execution governing guidance handling jurisdiction order oversight performance power provision regulation running strategy superintendence supervision surveillance

WEAK

administering directing overseeing

Antonyms

STRONG

disorganization disregard failure ignorance inefficiency lawlessness mismanagement neglect

NOUN

human or group who manages effort of an organization

Synonyms

STRONGEST

board bureau cabinet committee department executive legislature management ministry presidency

STRONG

President admiral advisers chair chairperson command commander consulate directors embassy executives feds general headquarters officers officials powers presidium stewards superintendents supervisors upstairs

WEAK

chargé d'affaires front office governing body top brass

NOUN

period during which a particular human group is in power

Synonyms

STRONGEST

presidency regime

STRONG

dynasty incumbency reign stay tenure term

Example Sentences

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It’s the culmination of efforts by the administration to bring down pharmaceutical costs for some consumers.

From The Wall Street Journal

A new cyberspace administration centralized the previously chaotic bureaucracy.

From The Wall Street Journal

Forty years ago, when I first showed up in the White House during the second Reagan administration, that’s how we usually played it.

From Salon

There also were drops in the numbers of Canadians employed in education services and public administration.

From The Wall Street Journal

The district administration spokesman said on X that the number of injured had reached 169.

From BBC