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What is another word for Administering? – 126 Administering Synonyms

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    Synonyms & Similar Words

    managing governing directing supervising overseeing controlling regulating coordinating organizing executing carrying out applying implementing dispensing meting out allocating distributing providing furnishing supplying tendering giving bestowing conferring granting awarding presenting delivering rendering performing discharging conducting presiding officiating moderating

    Meaning of Administering

    The primary meaning of "Administering" based on Oxford Languages is the act of managing or supervising the activities of an organization or system.

    Definitions

    • The act of managing or supervising the activities of an organization or system
    • * The act of giving or applying something, such as a medicine or a punishment
    • * The act of managing or overseeing a particular task or project

    Etymology of Administering

    The word "Administering" comes from the Old French word "administre", which is derived from the Latin word "administrare", meaning "to manage or supervise"
    The Latin word "administrare" is a combination of "ad" (meaning "to" or "at") and "ministrare" (meaning "to serve" or "to attend to")
    The word has been used in English since the 15th century to describe the act of managing or supervising a system, organization, or task

    Example Uses

    • The company is administering a new policy to improve employee productivity
    • * The doctor is administering the medication to the patient
    • * The government is administering the funds for the new project

    Antonyms & Near Antonyms

    neglecting ignoring disregarding abandoning forsaking rejecting refusing declining omitting overlooking skipping evading shirking dodging avoiding omitting neglecting dismissing renouncing relinquishing surrendering yielding ceasing

    Related Nouns

    management administration organization system government authority control supervision direction regulation coordination execution application implementation distribution provision supply dispensation allocation award grant presentation

    Related Verbs

    manage govern direct supervise oversee control regulate coordinate organize execute apply implement dispense mete out allocate distribute provide furnish supply tender give bestow confer grant award present

    Related Adjectives

    administrative managerial governmental regulatory supervisory directional organizational systematic coordinated executive applied implemented distributive provisional supply-based dispensational allocational awarding granting presentational