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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ad-min-uh-strey-tiv, -struh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ædˈmɪn əˌstreɪ tɪv, -strə- |
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Définition of administrative
Origin :- 1731, from Latin administrativus, from past participle stem of administrare (see administer). Related: Administratively.
- adj involved in managing or using power
- They are long in coming to anything—these French administrative projects!
- Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
- The powers of the ordinary council are administrative rather than legislative.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- It is not an administrative body, but an assembly of sages who are to make legislation their study.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- This must be, they concluded, some kind of administrative measure, no doubt.
- Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
- This assembly would nominate an administrative council of ten members.
- Extract from : « Bulgaria » by Frank Fox
- It is the smallest unit in the administrative organisation of the country.
- Extract from : « Bulgaria » by Frank Fox
- Their governors, administrative officers, and legislatures were Republican, too.
- Extract from : « The New Nation » by Frederic L. Paxson
- It has proved its value also as a training for administrative and other public careers.
- Extract from : « The Economic Aspect of Geology » by C. K. Leith
- The Grange is perhaps too conservative in its administrative policy.
- Extract from : « Chapters in Rural Progress » by Kenyon L. Butterfield
- With regard to administrative matters, Moscow was granted a constitution.
- Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
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