administer
[verb]
Synonyms:
- manage, conduct, control, direct, govern, handle, oversee, run, supervise
- give, apply, dispense, impose, mete out, perform, provide

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Related Words: conduct, direct, manage, run, supervise, distribute, give, give out, issue, allot, assign, consign, allocate, ration

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ad‧min‧is‧ter /ədˈmɪnəstə, ədˈmɪnɪstə $ -ər/ verb
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: aministrer, from Latin administrare, from ad- 'to' + ministrare 'to serve', from minister; ⇒ minister¹]

1. [transitive usually passive] to manage the work or money of a company or organization:
The money will be administered by local charities.
Our office administers the affairs of the Society.

2. [intransitive and transitive] to provide or organize something officially as part of your job
administer justice/punishment etc
It is not the job of the police to administer justice; that falls to the courts.
administer to
Pillai had responsibility for administering to the needs of half a million people.
administer something to somebody
The test was administered to all 11-year-olds.
administer an oath (=be the official person who listens to it)

3. [transitive] formal to give someone a medicine or medical treatment
administer something to somebody
Painkillers were administered to the boy.
This unit teaches students how to administer first aid.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

administer
verb
ADV. effectively, efficiently | centrally, locally The legislation was to be centrally administered by the Board of Education.
jointly
VERB + ADMINISTER be difficult/easy/simple to, be cheap/expensive to

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲