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administrar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • administer verb To manage, oversee, or run something, such as an organization, program, or set of rules.
  • dispense verb To give out or distribute something, especially in measured amounts.

Senses

administrar is used for these senses in English:

  • administer (transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
  • administer (transitive, medicine) To cause (a patient, human or animal) to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
  • dispense To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.

administer — full definition

  1. verb To manage, oversee, or run something, such as an organization, program, or set of rules.
  2. verb To give someone a drug, treatment, or dose.

dispense — full definition

  1. verb To give out or distribute something, especially in measured amounts.
  2. verb To do without something, or get rid of the need for it (used with 'with').

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