administer
pronunciation
How to pronounce administer in British English:
UK [ədˈmɪnɪstə(r)]
How to pronounce administer in American English:
US [ədˈmɪnɪstər]
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- Verb:
- work in an administrative capacity; supervise
- administer ritually; of church sacraments
- administer or bestow, as in small portions
- give or apply (medications)
Word Origin
- administer (v.)
- late 14c., administren, aministren "to manage as a steward," from Old French amenistrer "help, aid, be of service to" (12c., Modern French administrer, the -d- restored 16c.), and directly from Latin administrare "to help, assist; manage, control, guide, superintend; rule, direct," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + ministrare "serve" (see minister (v.)). Used of medicine, etc., "to give," from 1540s. Related: Administered; administering.
Example
- 1. Most web hosting accounts provide a web-based control panel to help you administer your site .
- 2. I had an installation of mongodb up and running that I could configure , administer and query .
- 3. Mr zoellick wants the existing bretton woods institutions to administer these schemes .
- 4. And six weeks ago it signed a memorandum of understanding with the united nations development programme , which stipulated that the organisation would administer a trust fund that would use payments into the scheme for ecuadorean renewable-energy projects .
- 5. He would give states more freedom to administer medicaid , but he would cap the federal government 's contribution .