{
    "term": "administer",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "administer",
            "heSheIt": "administers"
        },
        "pastSimple": "administered",
        "pastParticiple": "administered",
        "ingForm": "administering"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to manage and organize the affairs of a company, an organization, a country, etc.",
            "sensetop": "administer something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to administer a charity/fund/school"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the high cost of administering medical services"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pension funds are administered by commercial banks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The charity is administered by a 20-strong management committee."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country has to face up to the high cost of administering medical services."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "manage",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["effectively", "efficiently", "centrally"],
                "verb + administer": ["be difficult to", "be easy to", "be simple to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make sure that something is done fairly and in the correct way",
            "sensetop": "administer something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **administer justice/the law**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The questionnaire was administered by trained interviewers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is the function of the courts to administer the laws which Parliament has enacted."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Bishops came before the Pope and justice was administered by him in person."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The team is responsible for administering the tests and marking the papers."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to give or to provide something, especially in a formal way",
            "sensetop": "administer something (to somebody)",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The teacher has the authority to administer punishment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A taxi driver administered first aid to the victims."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The priest was called to administer the last rites."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to give drugs, medicine, etc. to somebody",
            "sensetop": "administer somethingadminister something to somebody",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Police believe his wife could not have administered the poison.",
                    "contextForm": "administer something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dose was administered to the child intravenously.",
                    "contextForm": "administer something to somebody"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Healthcare"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to kick or to hit somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "administer a kick, a punch, etc. (to somebody/something)",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He administered a severe blow to his opponent's head."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ədˈmɪnɪstə(r)/",
                "audio": "ad/administer/administer__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ədˈmɪnɪstəz/",
                "audio": "ad/administer/administers__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ədˈmɪnɪstəd/",
                "audio": "ad/administer/administered__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ədˈmɪnɪstərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ad/administer/administering__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ədˈmɪnɪstər/",
                "audio": "ad/administer/administer__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ədˈmɪnɪstərz/",
                "audio": "ad/administer/administers__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ədˈmɪnɪstərd/",
                "audio": "ad/administer/administered__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ədˈmɪnɪstərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ad/administer/administering__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin administrare, from ad- ‘to’ + ministrare ‘wait upon’, from minister ‘servant’, from minus ‘less’."
}