- connected with organizing the work of a business or an institution
- an administrative job/assistant/error
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAdministrative is used with these nouns:- apparatus
- arrangement
- assistant
- …
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Latin administrativus, from administrat- ‘managed’, from the verb administrare, from ad- ‘to’ + ministrare ‘wait upon’, from minister ‘servant’, from minus ‘less’.Want to learn more?
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