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How to spell administration

Administration is spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N. Start with admin, then IS, then -TRATION: ad-min-is-tra-tion.

What it means: The group responsible for managing a school.

In a sentence: The school administration planned a fun sports day for everyone. ▶

The part people get wrong

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Same family: administrative, administrator, administrative staff, administrative office, administratively. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Administration” comes from Latin *administratio*, meaning ‘management’ or ‘direction’, formed from *ad-* (‘to’) and *ministrare* (‘to serve’). It originally emphasized the idea of ‘serving’ or ‘assisting’ in managing affairs, which is still reflected in modern public and business administration.

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