English > administrate: 1 sense > verb 1, social| Meaning | Work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
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| Synonym | administer |
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| Narrower | oversee, supervise, superintend, manage | watch and direct |
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| pontificate | Administer a pontifical office |
| Broader | manage, deal, care, handle | Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of |
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| Spanish | administrar, gestionar |
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| Catalan | administrar, gestionar |
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| Adjectives | administrable | capable of being administered or managed |
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| administrative | of or relating to or responsible for administration |
| Nouns | administrator | someone who administers a business |
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| administrator | the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor |
| administrator | someone who manages a government ... / government agency or department |