administer
verb (used with object)
to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of.
have administered
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present perfectof administer.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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There, health workers have administered more than 40,000 vaccines and provide medical screenings for all new arrivals.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
WHO and its partners have administered billions of vaccine doses since they first began trying to eradicate the disease in 1988.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 1, 2023
According to the broadcast, medical personnel have administered CPR.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2023
She moved from delivering vaccinations to overseeing the whole project but reckons she must have administered thousands of injections over the past two years.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2022
I have administered this great office with exact justice, and made to the different nations of the Earth an impartial dividend of rain and sunshine.
From Observations on Insanity With Practical Remarks on the Disease and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection by John Haslam
