administer
verb (used with object)
to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of.
administered
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past participleof administer.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof administer.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
administerverb (used with object)to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of.
Example Sentences
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ETS, a nonprofit assessment organization, helps manage and provide testing-related services for students enrolled in California public schools, including the required Smarter Balanced tests administered in spring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
The archipelago is administered by Russia, but four of the southernmost islands are claimed by Japan, which calls them the Northern Territories.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Because the treatment needs to reach the central nervous system, it is administered through an injection into the spinal canal.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
They were administered from Cyprus by a corporate services firm called MeritServus, in Limassol, the island's second-largest city.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
The tonics the hospital administered, however, were merely sugar water.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
