administrate

verb

əd-ˈmi-nə-ˌstrāt How to pronounce administrate (audio)
Definition of administratenext
as in to manage
to look after and make decisions about they're looking for someone to administrate the new division

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Recent Examples of administrate Clark was administrating Harvey through a period of major financial difficulty. — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026 Men create; women administrate. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025 Jordan, which administrates the holy site, and Saudi Arabia also condemned Ben Gvir’s actions. — Dana Karni, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2025 Nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, is a sedative that, when administrated by healthcare professionals, can help patients stay comfortable during routine medical procedures, according to the Cleveland Clinic. — Jillian Frankel, People.com, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for administrate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for administrate
  1. manage
  2. supervise
  3. oversee
  4. operate
  5. regulate
  6. handle
  7. control
  8. conduct
Verb
  • Syeda Sultana, chief operating officer at the digital marketing platform Vettted, spent a decade managing a global sustainability program.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Iran has insisted on a role in managing traffic through the strait.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of manage
Verb
  • Operators define intent, establish boundaries and supervise autonomous action across high-stakes systems.
    — Kannan Kothandaraman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Plaintiff David Figueroa’s lawsuit said he was hired as a retail sales consultant on February 2, 2026, and was supervised by store manager Sully Fuentes Peterson.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026
Definition of supervise
Verb
  • The smarter clients will hire somebody to oversee the structure but this is the exception and not the norm.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Rahman, the son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and Hasina’s archrival, came to power with a landslide victory in February under a vote overseen by Yunus’ interim administration.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of oversee
Verb
  • Buttery defended that decision, saying an employee operating a cruiser or unmarked car has no expectation of privacy.
    — Kelsy Mittauer, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The best premium economy cabins are usually found on long-haul aircraft that operate lengthy international routes.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of operate
Verb
  • That’s why the window to regulate the use of AI is closing fast.
    — Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • California is seen as one of the key battlegrounds for how the technology is regulated across the country.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of regulate
Verb
  • Most of those cases occurred in Orange County, where prosecution would have been handled by Worrell’s office.
    — Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Group similar tasks, write the list, and handle the message that prevents confusion later.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of handle
Verb
  • And despite Mario’s best efforts to control the situation, White Nights will end in disappointment for one of its central characters.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026
  • This way, the researchers could precisely control the intensity and direction of the odor the fly was registering.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of control
Verb
  • The ongoing sagas of Getz and Hoyer, two executives who got their jobs the old-school Chicago way — with no bothersome hiring searches conducted by their bosses — are ones that continue to fascinate me.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • And so these interviews, that these asylum officers conduct, gives the applicant a place to explain those and talk through them in, again, that non-adversarial environment.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of conduct

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