administrative Definition
ad·min·is·tra·tive (ad min′is trāt′iv, -min′is trə tiv; əd-)
adjective
of or connected with administration; executive
administrative Related Forms
ad·min′·is·tra′·tively adverb
administrative Synonyms
administrative
modif.
administrative Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- burden: The sector should help funders to reduce the administrative burden where possible.
- receiver: The administrative receiver can continue to operate the business an administrator.
- receivership: The statistics relate to the directors of failed companies in liquidation, administrative receivership or administration.
- task: This would be a major administrative task - particularly at the peak entry time.
- expense: Administrative expenses were £ 1.3 million compared to £ 1.2 million in 1998.
- duty: You will also have some administrative duties including maintaining the database.
Modifying Another Word
- purely: It is always possible to nominate a beneficiary, but this is a purely administrative annotation, and has no effect upon title.
- mainly: A ' manual worker ' is an employe whose duties are not mainly administrative, professional, technical or clerical.
- just: However, Diocletian faced more than just administrative problems.
- also: The visits are usually eligible for EC grants toward traveling expenses and also administrative and entertaining expenses.
- not: Receivers who are not administrative receivers may be appointed in other circumstances.
- essentially: Although the UK commissioners are both former politicians, their job in the Commission is essentially administrative.
Used with adjective complement
Browse dictionary entries near administrative
- ‹ administration
- ‹ administrate
- ‹ administer
- ‹ Admetus
- ‹ admeasurement
- ‹ admeasure
- ‹ admass
- ‹ adman
- ‹ ADM Worm of 1998
- ‹ adm

