administrate

American  

[ad-min-uh-streyt] / ædˈmɪn əˌstreɪt /

verb (used with object)

administrated, administrating

1. to administer.

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administrate British  

/ ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪt /

verb

1. to manage or direct (the affairs of a business, institution, etc)

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Other Word Forms

• subadministrate verb (used with object)

Etymology

Origin of administrate

1630–40; < Latin administrātus, past participle of administrāre to administer; -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.

Example Sentences

Thao first placed Armstrong on paid administrate leave in January to review investigations by the department’s federal monitor that found the police chief responsible for gross dereliction of duty in the sergeant’s misconduct cases.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2023

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

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

He speedily took an opportunity of arbitrarily depriving the colony of its charter, and sent out Sir Edmund Andros to administrate as absolute governor.

From The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) by Warburton, George

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• govern