admin
English meaning: Admin
Definition
Administration, or administrative work.
Example
“There's a lot of admin involved in the birth of a child.”
Another example: “You'll need admin rights to install that software on the network.”
Usage — When, Where & How
An informal clipping of 'administration' or 'administrator', very common in computing and office settings ('the system admin', 'do the admin'). In British English 'admin' often means routine paperwork; chiefly informal.
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
A 20th-century shortening of 'administration' (and 'administrator'), from Latin 'administrare' 'to manage'.
Synonyms
- administration
- administrator
- management
- paperwork
Related Words
Common Collocations
- system admin
- do the admin
- admin work
- admin rights
- admin team
Word Forms
admin (n); admins; (from administer/administration)
Word Tools
Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
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Language information
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- English
- Script
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- Indo-European
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