administrate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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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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am administratingprogressive
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are 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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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
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
"It has been challenging for us," said Tys, director of a management consulting firm who in his spare time administrates at the school along with three others while a head teacher oversees academic matters.
From Reuters ● Apr. 4, 2022
As the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, which administrates PISA, noted last year, the United States—with its fairly unique system of local control—shows “significant performance variability” between states.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2017
This year has already seen an unprecedented level of litigation related to the election and the procedures by which the election will be administrated.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2024
Orally administrated probiotics have therefore been widely used to alleviate symptoms.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2023
The working group meeting is being held in Srinagar, the summer capital of the federally administrated territory, from Monday to Wednesday.
From BBC ● May 22, 2023
By the third century BCE, this system was being administrated by a combination of public assemblies, elected officials, and the Senate.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
At this moment, Gentle Annie re-entered with the eau de vie; and Tresco, who was bustling importantly about his patient, administrated the restorative dexterously to the unconscious digger, and then awaited results.
From The Tale of Timber Town by Grace, Alfred A. (Alfred Augustus)
It would take a bit of administrating, just to make sure the injury is absolutely genuine.
From BBC ● May 22, 2025
These sites are going to get it wrong sometimes, given they’re administrating millions or billions of users saying millions or billions of nonsensical things every day.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 19, 2022
Fire authorities were administrating CPR to at least 50 people in the Itaewon district as of 11:30 p.m.
From Reuters ● Oct. 29, 2022
They say officials should instead take steps to expand the capacities for PCR tests, which are more accurate but require huge numbers of professionals administrating nasal and throat swabs and high-tech machines analyzing samples.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2022
I kant tell yu whether thare is enny pertikular etiket to be observed in administrating a kiss or not.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.
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