ADMINISTER


Meaning of ADMINISTER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ædmɪnɪstə(r) ]

( administers, administering, administered)

1.

If someone administers something such as a country, the law, or a test, they take responsibility for organizing and supervising it.

The plan calls for the UN to administer the country until elections can be held...

VERB : V n

2.

If a doctor or a nurse administers a drug, they give it to a patient. ( FORMAL )

Paramedics are trained to administer certain drugs.

VERB : V n , also V n to n

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