administrate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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administratesimple
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administratessimple
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have administratedperfect
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has administratedperfect
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are administratingprogressive
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am administratingprogressive
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is administratingprogressive
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have been administratingperfect progressive
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has been administratingperfect progressive
Past
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administratedsimple
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had administratedperfect
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was administratingprogressive
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were administratingprogressive
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had been administratingperfect progressive
Future
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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“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
ICM Registry was finally awarded the right to administrate the new domain.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2012
To administrate the political and military affairs of Cuba and carry out these stipulations, a new governor was appointed in the person of the Lieutenant-General Conde de Ricla, a relative of the famous Minister Aranda.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 2 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher
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