administrate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of administrate
1630–40; < Latin administrātus, past participle of administrāre to administer; see -ate 1
Explanation
To administrate is to manage or run something. People who administrate are in charge. An administrator is someone in charge of something, like the president of a college. To administrate is to run something, the way a CEO runs a company. Administrating means making major decisions, hiring and firing people, and taking credit and blame for what a business or organization does. It can help you remember what this word means if you remember that the current members of the executive branch of the U.S. are called the administration.
Vocabulary lists containing administrate
Example Sentences
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Mr Igathe was the county's deputy governor under Mike Sonko, but resigned less than a year after taking office saying he had failed to earn the governor's trust to administrate.
From BBC • Aug. 3, 2022
“They know very well they can’t administrate, in the sense that we can’t send money through them,” she said of the militants.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2021
The way to think of a magistrate is as the Romans meant it: one empowered to administrate.
From Fox News • Aug. 6, 2020
“You cannot recruit, you cannot train, you cannot retain, and you cannot administrate, ” he said.
From New York Times • May 12, 2016
The chamber will want before long to administrate, and the administrators will want to legislate.
From Bureaucracy by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
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