admin

/ˈædˌmɪn/

noun 5verb 1

Collocations

ADJ.

involved

The admin involved in setting up the new system worked late into the evening.

VERB + ADMIN

access, account, became, become, hands-off, know, setting, stop

She became admin of the Facebook group after the founder stepped down.

ADMIN + NOUN

dashboard, group, i'm, password, privileges, s, she's, theyre

I forgot my admin password and had to reset it through the security verification process.

PREP.

from, in, in, up, with, within

I had to sort out the problem with the admin department yesterday.

ADV.

also, away, only, really

She really admin'd the project database, keeping everything organized and updated.

Definitions

noun

Administration, or administrative work.

There's a lot of admin involved in the birth of a child.

An administration (a body that administers; the executive part of government).

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) tweeted after the announcement, “I will not stop fighting to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and stop the Trump admin’s plan for drilling.”

“I had word from The Trump admin that theyre^([sic]) on top of things,” Mr. Tate wrote to someone close to him, in a message reviewed by The New York Times.

The administrative or managerial body of a company or other organization.

Barren dirt plots behind knee-high metal fences indicated admin must have cut the flower budget.

An administrator (one who administers affairs).

Georgia’s election administrators are fighting bizarre conspiracy theories, ballooning costs and coronavirus-related staffing problems as they prepare for the state’s contentious, nationally watched Senate runoffs next week.

A systems administrator (one who maintains a computer system or network).

Our admin has upgraded the server in our office, so we can exchange files faster.

verb

To serve as an administrator for or of.

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Example Bank

There's a lot of admin involved in the birth of a child.

Wiktionary

“I had word from The Trump admin that theyre^([sic]) on top of things,” Mr. Tate wrote to someone close to him, in a message reviewed by The New York Times.

Wiktionary

You do not have admin privileges.

Tatoeba · #8682914

Do you know the admin password for the router?

Tatoeba · #8682916

I'm the admin of this group and I can ban him if I like.

Tatoeba · #8682917

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, admin is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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