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Administering
To cause to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
📖 Definitions of "Administering"
- 1
To cause to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
"We administered the medicine to our dog by mixing it in his food."
- 2
To apportion out, distribute.
- 3
To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
- 4
To minister (to).
"administering to the sick"
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Administration
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Administering"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| dish outverb | (transitive) To distribute (a thing). |
| lotverb | (transitive, dated) To allot; to sort; to apportion. |
| parcel outverb | (idiomatic) To divide into portions or chunks; to ration. |
| dealverb | (transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share. |
| distributeverb | (transitive) To divide into portions and dispense. |
| dole outverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To distribute in apportioned amounts. |
| mete outverb | (transitive) To distribute something in portions; to apportion or dole out. |
| allotverb | (transitive) To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose. |
| dispenseverb | To issue, distribute, or give out. |
| administrateverb | to administer |
| shell outverb | (computing, especially Unix) To use a program's "shell escape" function to execute an unrelated command or to invoke a subsidiary, interactive shell. |
| deal outverb | To dole out or distribute (something). |
| administrative | Of or relating to administering or administration. |
| adminverb | (transitive, computing, informal) To serve as an administrator for or of. |
| administrationnoun | (uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction. |
| administratornoun | One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager. |
| directorial | Of or pertaining to a director |
| managerial | Of or relating to a manager or management; involving management-like duties. |
| managingnoun | management |
| regulationnoun | (countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization. |
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