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    admin
    noun
    administration; administrative work.
  • admin.
    admin.
    abbreviation
    administration.

admin

1 American  
[ad-min, ad-min] / ædˈmɪn, ˈæd mɪn /

noun

  • admins
    plural
  1. administration; administrative work.

  2. an administrative assistant.

    My admin will call you back with that information later today.

  3. an administrator.

    government admins.


adjective

  1. of or relating to an administrator or to administrative functions.

    You can’t install computer programs without admin privileges.

admin. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. administration.


admin British  
/ ˈædmɪn /

noun

  1. informal short for administration

"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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Etymology

Origin of admin

By shortening

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The admin emails to which Microsoft sent those notifications tend to get slammed with junk from spammers, leading software developers to recommend ignoring those inboxes altogether.

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

One of the silver linings of so many people working from home during the pandemic, in my opinion, is that it helped normalize doing a lot of life admin while working remotely.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

The push for answers has been getting stronger and more visible in the UFO community recently, she said; as an admin of a dedicated UFO Facebook group, she's seen it firsthand.

From BBC May 8, 2026

The Facebook page’s admin, Mark Ross, says, “New England Chinese food is unlike ‘Chinese food’ served elsewhere in the nation.

From Salon May 3, 2026

“The event is set to invite-only; you can’t find the page unless you’ve been invited. I’ve made myself and each of you an admin on the event page so you can invite anyone you trust.”

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

Politico called the 19th the “the start-up scoring all the Biden admin. interviews,” noting that it has also interviewed prominent Republican women.

From Washington Post Aug. 3, 2021

Chinese hacking: Obama admin. signals it will elevate issue with Beijing The U.S. says it will raise its opposition to hacking within the already-complicated U.S.-China relationship.

From Washington Post Feb. 19, 2013

Career included personnel admin.; teaching; writing; research; computer programming; and budget analysis.

From Washington Post Apr. 29, 2010

See also admin. of goods, granted to his sister Alice Buklond and his nephew John, son of Sir John.

From Shakespeare's Family by C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael) Stopes

Anthropic said it has rolled out features that help IT admins in areas like role-based access, spend controls, usage analytics, audit logging and curated plug-in libraries.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

“It’s easy to become the dancer first before the human, and I hope that this inspires leaders, dancers, admins and people in the industry to listen to themselves.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 12, 2026

They said they wanted Reddit admins to realise that they rely on moderators to operate the site and felt that the only way to send a message was by harming Reddit's traffic.

From BBC Jun. 9, 2023

Andrea Vincent, an admin for a Facebook pregnancy support group, told Salon as admins they often find themselves having to monitor misinformation in the group.

From Salon Jan. 30, 2023

“Maybe a private group to reach out to people? And we can make ourselves admins so that we can approve every person who is invited. Just to make sure.”

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

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