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Definition: ADMINISTERING |
ADMINISTERINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Administer |
Date "ADMINISTERING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
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 | Seen is a nurse closeup administering chemotherapy through an IV to a patient's hand.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Health workers administering oral polio vaccine to child.Credit: CDC. |
 | Pictured here is a trial run of a patient taken from CDC to a nearby medical center. A doctor is administering care to the patient with supportive help from the Isolation Unit medical staff.Credit: CDC. |  | Administering immunocontraception to wild horses after gather, Kamma Mountains, northwest of Lovelock, Nevada, February 1998.Credit: Richard H. Brown. |
 | [Nurse administering audiometric evaluation] / P.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Edward A. Hubbard.. |  | Middlesex Hospital, London, England. : Doctor administering an electrocardiograph to child patient.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Takes the Oath of Office as Chief of Naval Operations, in the Secretary of the Navy's office, Navy Department, Washington, D.C., on 1 August 1939. Administering the oath is Rear Admiral Walter B. Woodson, USN, Judge Advocate General. Witnesses are Acting Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison (2nd from left) and the outgoing Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral William D. Leahy, USN, (at left). A portrait of Civil War era Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles is in the background.Credit: NAVY. |  | Who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism while serving as a Chaplain with the 3rd Battalion, Fifth Marines in Vietnam. He was killed in action in Quang Tin Province, Republic of Vietnam, on 4 September 1967, while administering medical aid and Last Rites to wounded Marines on the battlefield.Credit: NAVY. |
 | Chief Justice William Rehnquist administering the oath of office to George Bush on the west front of the U.S. Capitol, with Dan Quayle and Barbara Bush looking on, January 20, 1989.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Chief Justice Edward D. White administering the oath of office to Woodrow Wilson on the east portico of the U.S. Capitol, March 4, 1913.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | As soon as the line has been fixed by the Principal Allied and Associated Powers, the authorities administering East Prussia will be notified by the International Commission that they are free to take over the administration of the territory to the north of the line so fixed, which they shall proceed to do within one month of such notification and in the manner prescribed by the Commission. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He remained there a fortnight, preaching, administering the holy rites, teaching and exhorting. |
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Health | Check your blood glucose levels frequently after you eat, administering insulin whenever necessary. (references) | |
The physician administering this drug should be trained in its use and qualified to manage any complications. (references) | ||
There is some evidence that administering hydroxyurea with erythropoietin, a genetically engineered hormone that stimulates red cell production, may make hydroxyurea work better. (references) | ||
Business | NHIC works as the national insurer for all citizens and is responsible for administering health insurance funds that citizens and employers pay monthly. (references) | |
DH serves as the Government's Health Adviser, is responsible for administering healthcare policies and statutory functions, and manages the administration of 63 general outpatient clinics. (references) | ||
The Commercial Service Office in Milan (CS Milan) and the Visit USA Committee - Italy, organize a U.S. pavilion at Milan's BIT 2000 show, with CS Milan managing and administering the Pavilion. (references) | ||
Children | Tanzania | A WHO program for children under 1 year of age has reportedly decreased the number of severe cases of malaria in the country, and the Government cooperated with the WHO in administering this program. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Egypt | Upon agreement with Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda, in 1996 the Minister of Awqaf, Hamdy Zaqzouq, who is responsible for administering religious trusts, established a joint committee to address a dispute with the Coptic Orthodox Church that originated in 1952. At that time, the Government seized approximately 1,500 acres of land from the Church and transferred title to the Ministry of Awqaf. (references) |
Economic History | Palau | One of the government's main responsibilities is administering external assistance. (references) |
Human Rights | United Arab Emirates | The individual administering the lashing swings the whip using the forearm only. (references) |
Russia | During these interrogations federal forces beat and tortured the detainees by administering electric shocks. (references) | |
Nicaragua | The 16-member Supreme Court is the system's highest court, and in addition to administering the judicial system, also is responsible for nominating all appellate and lower court judges. (references) | |
Political Economy | Azerbaijan | Although substantial political pluralism exists, Azerbaijan's record of administering elections has been flawed. (references) |
UNITED KINGDOM | In addition, various waivers of tied aid requirements are available to UK officials administering development assistance. (references) | |
Vietnam | Provincial, district and local level People's Committees act much like governors' or mayors' offices in enforcing laws, expending funds and administering socio-economic development programs. (references) | |
Trade | Colombia | Groups the seven companies engaged in administering the pension funds (public and private). (references) |
Armenia | Most Armenian banks presently offer their services for administering payment for foreign trade operations. (references) | |
Ecuador | The Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for administering Ecuador's zoosanitary and phytosanitary import controls. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | In administering the laws of Congress I shall keep steadily in view the limitations as well as the extent of the Executive power, trusting thereby to discharge the functions of my office without transcending its authority. |
Theodore Roosevelt | 1901-1909 | Never before have men tried so vast and formidable an experiment as that of administering the affairs of a continent under the forms of a Democratic republic. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "ADMINISTERING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 95.69% of the time. "ADMINISTERING" is used about 232 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 95.69% | 222 | 20,237 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 2.59% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.29% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.43% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 232 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "ADMINISTERING": administering to children substances capable of causing injury. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "ADMINISTERING": drug-administering, self-administering. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "ADMINISTERING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 执行 (Administer, Administered, Enforcement, execute, Executed, Executing, PERFORM, Performed, Performing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | apparat til indgivning af piller (appliance for administering pills), anvendelse på alle dyr (administering to animals), regler for kontis oprettelse,funktion og anvendelse (administering and using accounts, procedure for opening), generaldirektorater,der forvalter strukturfondene (Directorates-General administering the structural Funds), fællesskabsprocedure for forvaltning af kvantitative kontingenter (Community procedure for administering quantitative quotas), direkte ansvarlige for tilbuddene (association administering training provision), betingelser for åbning og funktion af samt rådighed over konti (administering and using accounts, procedure for opening), bær beskyttelseshandsker ved ydelse af førstehjælp (wear protective gloves when administering first aid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | uitvoeringsvoorschriften waarin wordt vastgesteld op welke wijze de rekeningen worden geopend,beheerd en aangewend (administering and using accounts, procedure for opening), uitvoeringsvoorschriften die bepalen op welke wijze de rekeningen worden geopend,beheerd en aangewend (administering and using accounts, procedure for opening), toestel voor het toedienen van pillen (appliance for administering pills), toediening aan dieren (administering to animals), regionaal orgaan (association administering training provision), gemeenschappelijke procedure voor het beheer van kwantitatieve contingenten (Community procedure for administering quantitative quotas), draag bij het verlenen van eerste hulp beschermende handschoenen (wear protective gloves when administering first aid), directoraten-generaal welke de Structuurfondsen beheren (Directorates-General administering the structural Funds), bevoegdheden van de faillissementsorganen (power and function of the authorities administering the bankruptcy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | attributions des organes de la faillite (power and function of the authorities administering the bankruptcy), association gestionnaire (association administering training provision), administration aux animaux (administering to animals), remettre des enfants des substances nocives (administering to children substances capable of causing injury), procédure de gestion communautaire des contingents quantitatifs (Community procedure for administering quantitative quotas), porter des gants de protection pour administrer les premiers secours (wear protective gloves when administering first aid), pilulier (appliance for administering pills), directions générales gestionnaires des fonds structurels (Directorates-General administering the structural Funds), conditions d'ouverture,de fonctionnement et d'utilisation des comptes (administering and using accounts), état tutélaire (administering state), état administrant (administering state). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verwaltend (administrative, managing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | όροι ανοίγματος,λειτουργίας και χρησιμοποιήσεως των λογαριασμών (administering and using accounts, procedure for opening), συσκευή χορήγησης χαπιών (appliance for administering pills), γενικές διευθύνσεις που διαχειρίζονται διαρθρωτικά ταμεία (Directorates-General administering the structural Funds), φοράτε προστατευτικά γάντια κατά την παροχή των πρώτων βοηθειών (wear protective gloves when administering first aid), οργανισμός διαχείρισης (association administering training provision), διαδικασία κοινοτικής διαχείρισης των ποσοτικών ποσοστώσεων (Community procedure for administering quantitative quotas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | associazione dirigente (association administering training provision), somministrazione agli animali (administering to animals), somministrazione a fanciulli di sostanze pericolose per la salute (administering to children substances capable of causing injury), procedura comunitaria di gestione dei contingenti quantitativi (Community procedure for administering quantitative quotas), poteri degli organi preposti al fallimento (power and function of the authorities administering the bankruptcy), pilloliera (appliance for administering pills), indossare guanti protettivi quando si prestano le prime cure (wear protective gloves when administering first aid), direzioni generali responsabili della gestione dei fondi strutturali (Directorates-General administering the structural Funds), condizioni di apertura,funzionamento e utilizzo dei conti (administering and using accounts, procedure for opening). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 為" (governing), 投与 (prescribing medicine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | いせい (and westward, authority, different name, governing, institutions bequeathed from the past, might, nocturnal emissions, oneirogmus, power, the opposite sex, west of), とうよ (prescribing medicine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 관리 (management, managerial, official). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | administeringay autoridade administrante (administering state), associação gestionária (association administering training provision), aparelho para administração de pílulas (appliance for administering pills), usar luvas de protecção durante a administração de primeiros socorros (wear protective gloves when administering first aid), procedimento comunitário de gestão dos contingentes quantitativos (Community procedure for administering quantitative quotas), potência administrante (administering state), direcções-gerais que gerem os fundos estruturais (Directorates-General administering the structural Funds), condições de abertura,funcionamento e utilização das contas (administering and using accounts, procedure for opening). (various references) articulo para administrar pildoras (appliance for administering pills), utilizar guantes protectores cuando se administren primeros auxilios (wear protective gloves when administering first aid), procedimiento de gestión comunitaria de los contingentes cuantitativos (Community procedure for administering quantitative quotas), organismo gestor (association administering training provision), direcciones generales que gestionan los fondos estruturales (Directorates-General administering the structural Funds), condiciones de apertura, de funcionamiento y de utilización de cuentas (administering and using accounts, procedure for opening). (various references) förfarande vid öppnande,förvaltning och användning av konton (administering and using accounts, procedure for opening). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "ADMINISTERING": maladministering. (additional references) | |
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"ADMINISTERING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adminstering, aminopterin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ADMINISTERING" (pronounced admi"nustering) |
| 6 | -u s t er i ng | registering. |
| 5 | -s t er i ng | blistering, blustering, bolstering, clustering, festering, filibustering, fostering, mastering, mustering, pestering, plastering, sequestering. |
| 4 | -t er i ng | altering, bantering, bartering, battering, bettering, catering, centering, chartering, chattering, cluttering, countering, doctoring, encountering, entering, factoring, faltering, filtering, flattering, fluttering, frittering, glittering, guttering, hectoring, lettering, littering, loitering, mentoring, metering, mitering, monitoring, motoring, muttering, nattering, neutering, petering, puttering, reentering, scattering, sculpturing, shattering, sheltering, shuttering, slaughtering, smattering, spattering, splintering, sputtering, stuttering, sweltering, teetering, tottering, tutoring, unflattering, uttering, watering. |
| 3 | -er i ng | anchoring, angering, answering, auguring, backfiring, badgering, belaboring, beleaguering, bewildering, bickering, blundering, bordering, bothering, brokering, butchering, capturing, censoring, clamoring, clobbering, coloring, configuring, conjuring, conquering, considering, cornering, covering, cowering, culturing, deciphering, delivering, desiring, devouring, diapering, dickering, differing, discovering, disfavoring, disfiguring, dismembering, dithering, doddering, embroidering, empowering, endangering, endeavoring, fathering, favoring, feathering, featuring, figuring, fingering, flavoring, flickering, floundering, flowering, foundering, fracturing, furthering, garnering, gathering, gerrymandering, gesturing, glimmering, glowering, grandfathering, hammering, hampering, hankering, harboring, hindering, hollering, honoring, hovering, hungering, hunkering, injuring, inquiring, laboring, laundering, lawyering, layering, lecturing, levering, lingering, lowering, lumbering, majoring, maneuvering, manufacturing, massacring, maundering, meandering, measuring, minoring, mirroring, mongering, mothering, murdering, murmuring, neighboring, nonmanufacturing, numbering, nurturing, offering, ordering, outnumbering, pampering, pandering, papering, partnering, peppering, perjuring, philandering, picturing, pilfering, plundering, pondering, posturing, powdering, powering, pressuring, proffering, prospering, puncturing, quivering, recapturing, reconsidering, recovering, rediscovering, rejiggering, remembering, rendering, reoffering, reordering, requiring, restructuring, rewiring, rupturing, savoring, scampering, scouring, severing, shimmering, shivering, shouldering, showering, shuddering, simmering, slithering, slobbering, slumbering, smoldering, smothering, snickering, sobering, soldering, soldiering, souring, spiering, sponsoring, squandering, staggering, structuring, suffering, surrendering, swaggering, tailoring, tampering, tapering, tempering, tendering, thundering, tinkering, torturing, towering, transpiring, triggering, uncovering, unwavering, ushering, venturing, wagering, wallpapering, wandering, warmongering, wavering, weathering, whimpering, whispering, withering, wondering, Wuthering, zippering. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-g-i-i-i-m-n-n-r-s-t" | |
-2 letters: dignitaries, distraining, ministering, mistraining. | |
-3 letters: administer, destaining, detraining, distaining, integrands, meningitis, misediting, misreading, mistending, mistrained, resinating, smartening. | |
-4 letters: aminities, arginines, aridities, astringed, demasting, destining, detaining, dignities, dirigisme, dirigiste, disarming, disrating, emigrants, gannister, gradients, grainiest, grantsmen, imaginers, inanities, indamines, indigents, ingrained, inserting, integrand, itemising, mannerist, mastering, mediating, meridians, midranges, migraines, misdating, miseating, misrating, niderings, nitriding, remaining, remanding, reminding, reminting, retaining, semirigid, seriating, sintering, straining, stranding, streaming, trainings. | |
-5 letters: adenitis, admiring, aginners, airtimes, amending, amidines, angriest, antigens, arginine, astringe, daintier, dainties, darnings, deairing, demising, deraigns, derating, desiring, detrains, diamines, digamies, digamist, dimities, dingiest, diriment, disinter, distrain, dragnets, draining, dreaming, earnings, emigrant, enditing, engrains, entrains, ganister, gantries, garments, gentians, giantism, ginniest, gradient, gradines, grandest, granites, grannies, grimiest, ideating, igniters, imagined, imaginer, imagines, inarming, indamine, indamins, indigens, indigent, inditers, inditing, inertias, ingrains, ingrates, insignia, insnared, interims, magister, mangiest, mannites, margents, margined, martinis, meanings, mediants, mendings, meridian, meriting, midrange, migraine, migrants, migrated, migrates, minarets, mingiest, minister, mintages, misagent, misgrade, misinter, misrated, mistrain, mitering, nidering, nitrides, ragtimes, raiments, rainiest, randiest, rangiest, readings, readmits, redating, reinsman, remating, remising, remnants, renaming, residing, resining, resiting, retiming, ridgiest, ringside, sainting, sedating, semiarid, seriatim, sirenian, smarting, smearing, staining, standing, steading, steaming, sterigma, stingier, strained, striding, stringed, training, trainmen, treading, trending, triadism, triennia. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-g-i-i-i-m-n-n-r-s-t" | |
+3 letters: maladministering. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 44 4D 49 4E 49 53 54 45 52 49 4E 47 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.. -- .. -. .. ... - . .-. .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01000100 01001101 01001001 01001110 01001001 01010011 01010100 01000101 01010010 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A D M I N I S T E R I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0044 004D 0049 004E 0049 0053 0054 0045 0052 0049 004E 0047 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35384743484353543952434841 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Historic 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Speeches | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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