Basic Details
Word: Administration
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: The work of running an organisation, office or country, and the people who do that work.
Synonyms: management, government, organisation
How to Spell Administration
Syllables: ad - min - is - tra - tion
Tricky part: Students skip the is in the middle or keep the e of administer. Say all five beats and write each one.
Watch out for: adminstration, administeration, administation
Memory tip: Say ad-min-is-tra-tion with a clap for each beat. The beat most often lost is the little is in the middle, so clap that one loudest.
Usage Examples
Example 1: The school administration has announced a holiday for Pongal.
Example 2: Hospital administration involves a lot of paperwork.
Example 3: After the floods, the district administration set up relief camps.
Fun Fact
The verb is administer, and it has a medical use too: when a nurse administers a vaccine, she simply gives it.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) administration
b) demonstation
c) consentration
d) registeration
Show answer
a) administration. Registration has no e after the t, demonstration needs its r, and concentration has a c in the middle.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
administeration
a) r
b) t
c) i
d) e
Show answer
d) e. Administer drops its e when ation is added.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
administration
a) management
b) election
c) punishment
d) disorder
Show answer
a) management. Administration is the running of a place, which is management.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
nirtdomaistina
a) ministration
b) demonstration
c) administration
d) admiration
Show answer
c) administration. Demonstration needs an e; admiration and ministration each leave some of these fourteen letters unused.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. If you have a question about fees, you go to the school's ____.
a) canteen
b) art room
c) playground
d) administration
Show answer
d) administration
2. Which verb is administration related to?
a) administer
b) adjust
c) admire
d) admit
Show answer
a) administer
