administration

Definition

  • noun: the activities that relate to running a company, school, or other organization
  • noun: performance of executive duties
  • synonyms: conduct, direction, regulation

Examples

  • We studied U.S. foreign policy in/during the Reagan 'Administration'. [=during the time when Reagan was President]

  • The editorial criticizes the college's 'administration' for not taking a stand on the issue.

  • He works in hospital 'administration'. [=his work involves management of a hospital]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Now, you wanna share it with the group? Stenz did off-the-books wetwork for us in Pakistan... ...as part of a black-bag CIA operation. When the Sawyer administration came in, the new secretary of defence... ...shut down the operation and disavowed its assets... ...including Stenz. (..)
    2013 White House Down
  • (..) - No, no, no. That's one job I never wanted. I like my office. I like my constituents. I like being a thorn in the side of the administration. But I think voters today want somebody cool. Oh, come on, Mr. Speaker, I think you're pretty cool. He went to bed at and watched... (..)
    2013 White House Down