Administer Meaning

/ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stə/
C1

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verbTo apportion out, distribute.

verbTo 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.

The courts administer the law.
The syringe is the instrument most commonly used to administer insulin.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The nurse must ____ the vaccine according to the health guidelines.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The nurse will ____ the medication to the patient every four hours.

From Middle English administren, from Old French aminister, from Latin administrare (“to manage, execute”), from ad (“to”) + ministrare (“to attend, serve”), from minister (“servant”); see minister.

"[Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs." — 1708, [John Philips], “Book I”, in Cyder. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 3:
"Justice was administered between man and man with an exactness and purity not before known." — 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
"For forms of government let fools contest: / Whate'er is best administered is best." — 1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC:
"Located in the northwestern side of the Black Sea, Snake Island, or called ostriv Zmiyinyy in Ukrainian and Insula Serpilor in Romanian, is currently administered by Ukraine but claimed by Romania." — 2006, Rongxing Guo, Territorial Disputes and Resource Management: A Global Handbook, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 224:
"A fountain […] administers to the pleasure as well as the plenty of the place." — 1712 September 16 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “FRIDAY, September 6, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 477; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume V, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
The nurse must ____ the vaccine according to the health guidelines.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The nurse will ____ the medication to the patient every four hours.

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