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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
administer
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
administer an injectionformal (= give sb an injection)
▪ She was taught how to administer an injection.
administer poisonformal (= give it to someone)
▪ He could not have administered the poison that had put Mark in a coma.
manage/administer a fund
▪ The fund is managed by an investment company.
provide/administer treatment (=give someone treatment)
▪ Paramedics are trained to administer on-the-spot treatment to patients.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
affair
▪ Some of those activities will be continued whichever Government are administering the country's affairs in six or seven months' time.
agency
▪ In both agencies pollution control is administered from headquarters by an independent department.
▪ Six years later, one of the federal agencies that administers the program calls it a flop.
▪ The picture of an agency which dispassionately administers scientifically-designed standards is blurred further by organizational practices.
▪ And the state agencies that administer the funds are running out of money.
aid
▪ Mike Chittenden staggered in flames into a neighbouring office, where terrified workers doused the flames and administered first aid.
▪ Rolly single-handedly attempted to apprehend the youths, put out the fire and administer first aid to barman Wheeler.
▪ Bandaging Having administered first aid immediately, the next priority is to minimise further damage.
authority
▪ At stake was a fundamental challenge to the soccer bodies' authority to administer the sport without intervention from civil courts.
▪ The laws often also mean that specific committees and specific departments are set up within local authorities to administer the services.
▪ One is its complexity, both for the authorities to administer and for ordinary people to understand.
cost
▪ In terms of spending, it now cost £12 million to administer an annual expenditure of only £17 million on the grant.
▪ You should budget for the costs of administering the research project.
▪ To introduce means-testing is expensive because of the higher costs associated with administering means-tested benefits.
▪ Questionnaires are rarely useful, because greater time and cost are involved in administering them.
▪ The council decided the cost of administering the licensing scheme should fall to the cereal growers who burned straw.
council
▪ They are administered by one parish council, which takes in the hamlets of Sunderlandwick and Rotsea.
▪ Ministers will later examine whether housing benefit, administered by local councils, can also be integrated into the merged service.
▪ Mr Dumigan explained that building regulations are administered by district councils through their Building Control Departments.
▪ This project is being administered by the National Council for Educational Technology.
department
▪ The State Department, which administers the passport office, declined to comment.
dose
▪ The prison staff member will then begin to administer lethal doses of three chemicals.
drug
▪ There was no apparent reason to administer the drug, although the quantities involved were not above the legal limits.
▪ If these drugs fail, amitriptyline is the next likely agent to be administered.
▪ He was the only nurse qualified to administer drugs, though care assistants were on duty.
▪ But Gorlin and Packer said doctors have been well aware for 20 years of how to administer the drug safely.
▪ The second advance was the training of nurses to administer the drugs.
▪ None saw his executioners spend several minutes hunting for a vein to administer the lethal drugs.
▪ She can count out and administer her own drugs and explain her own needs during visits to the doctor.
▪ It may also prolong the half-life of some concomitantly administered drugs.
estate
▪ Executorship - a Solicitor's Services Your executor is the person who takes charge of administering your estate after death.
▪ In the meantime, the solicitor intended administering the estate on behalf of the family.
▪ During that time three solicitors were, he alleges, unlawfully granted powers to administer the estate.
fund
▪ Indpeendent trustees have been appointed to administer the pension fund.
▪ And the state agencies that administer the funds are running out of money.
▪ Institutions administer the access funds under general guidelines provided by the Department.
▪ In this academic year the Department of Education and Science has also provided additional guidance to institutions administering the access funds.
▪ Independent trustees Bradstock &038; Blunt are now administering the pension fund.
funds
▪ Institutions administer the access funds under general guidelines provided by the Department.
▪ And the state agencies that administer the funds are running out of money.
▪ In this academic year the Department of Education and Science has also provided additional guidance to institutions administering the access funds.
government
▪ They are concerned with grievances held by individuals against the two Government Departments who administer social security benefits.
▪ What happened there represents a frontal challenge to how the courts, the states and the federal government administer justice.
▪ Exercise 10-2 A government programme is administered by an agency that aims to maximize the scale of provision.
▪ Some of those activities will be continued whichever Government are administering the country's affairs in six or seven months' time.
injection
▪ An anaesthetic was administered by injection.
▪ The Foreign Minister glowered at the Major as he administered the injection.
▪ Others administer substances by intradermal injections and record the size of the cutaneous weal.
▪ Small doses may be in pill form, but usually the drugs are administered by injection or drip.
▪ Practically, problems can arise when administering the intravenous injection.
justice
▪ What happened there represents a frontal challenge to how the courts, the states and the federal government administer justice.
law
▪ With the passing of the Judicature Acts a single court was formed, administering both law and equity.
▪ It is the function of the courts to administer the laws which Parliament has enacted.
▪ These verderers were no longer to be officers of the Crown administering the forest law on its behalf.
▪ The rulings were created and administered by the local law society which represents all interested professional parties.
policy
▪ Our staff are trained to administer the policy on page 53, which costs £17 per person for 18 days.
▪ This was clearly difficult for those administering policy, mainly the army.
▪ Many social services staff care considerably about the inadequacies of the policies they administer.
▪ Our couriers are trained to administer this policy.
program
▪ Medicare is a federally administered program of health benefits for elderly and disabled persons.
▪ Six years later, one of the federal agencies that administers the program calls it a flop.
punishment
▪ Major Burrows had dealt with the matter so effectively the father did not need to administer any further punishment.
questionnaire
▪ We administered standard questionnaires, did physical examinations, and took blood samples for lymphocyte subtyping.
▪ Demographic information was collected by medical students administering a questionnaire.
sacrament
▪ So, after preaching, he administered the sacraments to the flock.
▪ Their greatest joy was to have a priest with them to administer the sacraments and say Mass.
scheme
▪ The council decided the cost of administering the licensing scheme should fall to the cereal growers who burned straw.
▪ It is welcome that the TECs are administering that scheme and that a minimum reward is at least available in that situation.
school
▪ So the Local Authorities would be left to administer only those schools that nobody wanted to go to.
▪ The curriculum is controlled by Cisco but administered by each school district.
▪ I think the people who administer the Boston school system do.
service
▪ The service will be administered by Novell.
▪ They can also be related to many other points about the way the services are organized and administered.
▪ Since the suspension of Stormont these services are administered by the appropriate department of the Northern Ireland government.
state
▪ Its main recommendations amount to little more than an attempt to broaden the elite which administers the state.
▪ It would be collected by the seller and administered by states or the Treasury Department.
system
▪ No high scores were found in any country and during the interviews respondents often asked about methods of administering such systems.
▪ And it administers the national 800-number system.
▪ The National Insurance Act gave the newly set up exchanges the role of administering the system of unemployment benefit.
▪ I think the people who administer the Boston school system do.
test
▪ Third, the time and resources taken to prepare, administer and mark the tests are better devoted to real education.
▪ Some senior officers challenged the test before it was administered.
▪ The test may be used as a screening device, although it is relatively time-consuming to administer compared with other tests.
▪ In an attempt to know how well students are learning these basic skills, school systems administer standardized achievement tests.
▪ This week it is sending out instructions to members not to administer or mark the tests.
▪ In her work with survivors of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake, she also administered tests of subjects' peripheral immune function.
treatment
▪ Keep an eye on it though, and only administer treatments carefully if necessary.
▪ Paramedics have extra training to help them to administer on-the-spot treatment to patients.
■ VERB
help
▪ Paramedics have extra training to help them to administer on-the-spot treatment to patients.
▪ They have a staff of three to help administer Koraloona.
set
▪ Who sets and administers these claims?
▪ Whilst these local authorities were developing in form, other bodies were set up to administer special functions.
▪ He has signed an agreement that allows the United Nations to set up and administer humanitarian centres all over his country.
▪ A crisis centre was set up to administer supplies and hard-currency deals were being negotiated to buy in supplies from abroad.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ It was the captain's job to administer punishment on the ship.
▪ Ms. O'Brien's office is in charge of administering welfare programs.
▪ Oxygen was being administered to Mr. Ryan through a mask.
▪ The Navajo administer their own territory within the United States.
▪ The test was administered fairly and impartially.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A defibrillator can analyze the heart rhythm of a cardiac arrest victim and administer an electric shock.
▪ In the meantime, the solicitor intended administering the estate on behalf of the family.
▪ Oxygen was being administered through a nose cone.
▪ The mistake was caught before the drug was administered.
▪ They can be administered either as simple tablets or as a special, long-acting injection.
▪ This vaccination was no easy one to administer, for the necessary dose had to be given intra-nasally.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Administer

Administer \Ad*min"is*ter\, n. Administrator. [Obs.]
--Bacon.

Administer

Administer \Ad*min"is*ter\, v. i.

  1. To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister.

    A fountain . . . administers to the pleasure as well as the plenty of the place.
    --Spectator.

  2. (Law) To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B.

Administer

Administer \Ad*min"is*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Administered; p. pr. & vb. n. Administering.] [OE. aministren, OF. aministrer, F. administer, fr. L. administrare; ad + ministrare to serve. See Minister.]

  1. To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state.

    For forms of government let fools contest: Whate'er is best administered is best.
    --Pope.

  2. To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament.

    [Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs.
    --Philips.

    Justice was administered with an exactness and purity not before known.
    --Macaulay.

  3. To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc.

    A noxious drug had been administered to him.
    --Macaulay.

  4. To tender, as an oath.

    Swear . . . to keep the oath that we administer.
    --Shak.

  5. (Law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.

    Syn: To manage; conduct; minister; supply; dispense; give out; distribute; furnish.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
administer

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.

Wiktionary
administer

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To cause to take, either by openly offering or through deceit. 2 (context transitive English) To apportion out. 3 (context transitive English) 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 (context intransitive English) To minister (to). 5 (context legal English) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor. 6 To tender, as an oath.

WordNet
administer

  1. v. work in an administrative capacity; supervise; "administer a program" [syn: administrate]

  2. administer ritually; of church sacraments

  3. administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone" [syn: distribute, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out]

  4. give or apply (medications) [syn: dispense]

Usage examples of "administer".

Though the ground was covered with snow, and the weather intensely cold, he travelled with such diligence, that the term prescribed by the proclamation was but one day elapsed when he reached the place, and addressed himself to sir John Campbell, sheriff of the county, who, in consideration of his disappointment at Fort-William, was prevailed upon to administer the oaths to him and his adherents.

Ignorant priests or astrologers administered drugs, concerning the properties of which they had no knowledge, to appease the wrath of mythological deities.

The only difference between the schools is in the remedies employed, the size of dose administered, and the results attained.

But for domestic use we cannot advise its employment, as it is liable to injure the invalid, when its action is carried too far, which is apt to be the case, when not administered under the supervision of a competent physician.

This agent may be administered in doses of from five to ten drops, largely diluted in water or gruel.

It should generally be administered during the intervals between the febrile paroxysms.

It is sometimes administered in scarlet and typhus fevers, and in all diseases in which there is a tendency to putrescence.

In severe hemorrhages, this quantity should be administered every half hour, until the bleeding is checked.

In doses of from twenty to sixty drops of the fluid extract, administered in a cup of warm water or herb-tea on going to bed, we have found it very effectual for breaking up recent colds.

Our favorite mode of administering both veratrum and aconite is to add ten drops of the tincture to ten or fifteen teaspoonfuls of water, of which one teaspoonful may be administered every hour.

It should be administered in very small doses to secure the best results.

The Compound Extract of Smart-weed should be administered in some diaphoretic herb-tea.

During the sweating stage the patient should be left alone, but as soon as the perspiration ceases, from two to four of the Purgative Pellets should be administered, as a gentle cathartic.

During the height of the fever, tincture of aconite maybe given and an alkaline sponge-bath administered with advantage.

Its efficacy may be increased in this disease by adding to each bottle one ounce of the acetate of potash, and, when thus modified, it may be administered in the same manner as if no addition had been made to it.