admin
noun
administration; administrative work.
admin
1 American
[ad-min, ad-min]
/ ædˈmɪn, ˈæd mɪn /
noun
admins
plural
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administration; administrative work.
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an administrative assistant.
My admin will call you back with that information later today.
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an administrator.
government admins.
adjective
admin.
2
American
abbreviation
admin
British
/ ˈædmɪn /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of admin
By shortening
Example Sentences
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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 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
Digital Richard even helps Skellett manage his personal life, with tabs labelled "family" and "admin" that are off limits to work colleagues, who can otherwise access Digital Richard to ask business-related questions.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
I’ve also been relying on the app’s agentic platform, Claude Cowork, to manage more life admin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
“No, he wants to address the students. He’s at the admin block.”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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 Stopes, C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael)
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
Both he and Christina are admins of the Cardiff and south Wales polyamory Facebook group, which organises regular meet-ups.
From BBC ● May 5, 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
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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