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# administer

verb (administer, administers, administered, administering)

«administer» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) To administer means to manage or be in charge of something, such as a school, a test or money: "the office administers the school trips". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administer/#m1)
2. (formal) To administer medicine or first aid means to give it to someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administer/#m2)
3. (formal) To administer a punishment means to give it out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administer/#m3)
4. To administer a test or an oath means to give it to people and see that it is done properly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administer/#m4)

### In the lessons

In formal and exam language, "administer" replaces "run" or "give". In health and safety, only trained people or parents should administer medicine to children. Phrases: administer first aid, administer medicine, administer a test, administer justice.

### Examples

- The nurse administered the medicine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administer/#x1)
- A trained first aider administered first aid until the ambulance came. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administer/#x2)
- The test will be administered in the hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administer/#x3)
- The money is administered by the head teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administer/#x4)
- The judge administered the oath to the witness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administer/#x5)
- Only a parent may administer medicine at home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administer/#x6)
- Since he thus reigned with justice, with justice also his ministers administered the law. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administer/#x7)

### Note

Formal. Nouns: administration (the managing), administrator (the person). Everyday words: run, manage, give. Do not say "administrate" in formal writing; "administer" is preferred.

## In Jewish tradition

In formal and exam language, "administer" replaces "run" or "give". In health and safety, only trained people or parents should administer medicine to children. Phrases: administer first aid, administer medicine, administer a test, administer justice.

### Examples

- even to give to them that were reckoned by genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation; for in their office of trust they administered the sacred gifts; (Writings 2CH.31.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/administer/#x1)

### Note

Formal. Nouns: administration (the managing), administrator (the person). Everyday words: run, manage, give. Do not say "administrate" in formal writing; "administer" is preferred.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «administer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/administer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«administer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/administer.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «administer» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/administer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«administer» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/administer.html) on Mova free.