Noun

(en-noun)

(uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.

(countable) A body that administers; the executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.

Successive US administrations have had similar Middle East policies.

(uncountable) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.

''the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.

(uncountable, business) Management.

(uncountable, legal, UK) An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.

The company went into voluntary administration last week.

Noun

(en noun)

The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.

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, year=2011 , date=October 29 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Fernando Torres was recalled in place of the suspended Didier Drogba and he was only denied a goal in the opening seconds by Laurent Koscielny's intervention - a moment that set the tone for game filled with attacking quality and littered with errors.}}

(US, legal) A legal motion through which a person or entity who has not been named as a party to a case seeks to have the court order that they be made a party.

An orchestrated attempt to convince somebody with an addiction or other psychological problem to seek professional help and/or change their behavior.