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    adm.
    abbreviation
    administration.
  • Adm.
    Adm.
    abbreviation
    admiral.

adm.

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. administration.

  2. administrative.

  3. administrator.

  4. admission.


Adm. 2 American  
Or ADM.

abbreviation

  1. admiral.

  2. admiralty.


Adm. British  

abbreviation

  1. Admiral

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“Congrats to Rear Adm. Yvette Davids on being nominated to serve as the first female superintendent of the Naval Academy!”

From Washington Post Apr. 21, 2023

“I did not disagree with Adm. Davidson,” he said.

From Washington Times Mar. 16, 2023

“Ian Fleming was at that point assistant to the director of Naval Intelligence, Adm. Sir John Godfrey, who would become the model for M in the ‘James Bond’ stories,” Macintyre explains.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2022

“Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday has presented recommendations to the acting secretary of the Navy, James McPherson,” the Navy said in a statement on Friday.

From New York Times Apr. 24, 2020

Ganteaume, Adm., member of the council of state, ii.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane

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