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{
"term": "administer",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "administer",
"heSheIt": "administers"
},
"pastSimple": "administered",
"pastParticiple": "administered",
"ingForm": "administering"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to manage and organize the affairs of a company, an organization, a country, etc.",
"sensetop": "administer something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to administer a charity/fund/school"
},
{
"text": "the high cost of administering medical services"
},
{
"text": "The pension funds are administered by commercial banks."
},
{
"text": "The charity is administered by a 20-strong management committee."
},
{
"text": "The country has to face up to the high cost of administering medical services."
}
],
"synonyms": "manage",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["effectively", "efficiently", "centrally"],
"verb + administer": ["be difficult to", "be easy to", "be simple to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to make sure that something is done fairly and in the correct way",
"sensetop": "administer something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **administer justice/the law**"
},
{
"text": "The questionnaire was administered by trained interviewers."
},
{
"text": "It is the function of the courts to administer the laws which Parliament has enacted."
},
{
"text": "Bishops came before the Pope and justice was administered by him in person."
},
{
"text": "The team is responsible for administering the tests and marking the papers."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to give or to provide something, especially in a formal way",
"sensetop": "administer something (to somebody)",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The teacher has the authority to administer punishment."
},
{
"text": "A taxi driver administered first aid to the victims."
},
{
"text": "The priest was called to administer the last rites."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to give drugs, medicine, etc. to somebody",
"sensetop": "administer somethingadminister something to somebody",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Police believe his wife could not have administered the poison.",
"contextForm": "administer something"
},
{
"text": "The dose was administered to the child intravenously.",
"contextForm": "administer something to somebody"
}
],
"topics": ["Healthcare"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to kick or to hit somebody/something",
"sensetop": "administer a kick, a punch, etc. (to somebody/something)",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He administered a severe blow to his opponent's head."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ədˈmɪnɪstə(r)/",
"audio": "ad/administer/administer__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ədˈmɪnɪstəz/",
"audio": "ad/administer/administers__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ədˈmɪnɪstəd/",
"audio": "ad/administer/administered__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ədˈmɪnɪstərɪŋ/",
"audio": "ad/administer/administering__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ədˈmɪnɪstər/",
"audio": "ad/administer/administer__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ədˈmɪnɪstərz/",
"audio": "ad/administer/administers__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ədˈmɪnɪstərd/",
"audio": "ad/administer/administered__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ədˈmɪnɪstərɪŋ/",
"audio": "ad/administer/administering__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin administrare, from ad- ‘to’ + ministrare ‘wait upon’, from minister ‘servant’, from minus ‘less’."
}