administration
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(noun) the act of administering medication |
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Synonyms: giving medication |
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Related Words: drugging, medication, sedation |
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(noun) a method of tending to (especially business) matters |
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Synonyms: disposal |
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Related Words: conducting, direction, judicature, justice, line management, management, managing, organisation, organization, polity, running |
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(noun) the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a governing body and who administer something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment" |
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Synonyms: brass, establishment, governance, organisation, organization |
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Related Words: bench, body, executive, government officials, judiciary, management, officialdom |
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(noun) the tenure of a president; "things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration" |
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Synonyms: presidency, presidential term |
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Related Words: incumbency, tenure, term of office |
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