admin

/ˈædˌmɪn/
noun

Meaning

Administration, or administrative work.
An administrator (one who administers affairs).
To serve as an administrator for or of.
A systems administrator (one who maintains a computer system or network).
The administrative or managerial body of a company or other organization.
Administration, or administrative work.
An administration (a body that administers; the executive part of government).
A user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges allowing them to control or restrict the activity of other users.

Examples

There's a lot of admin involved in the birth of a child.
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.
Barren dirt plots behind knee-high metal fences indicated admin must have cut the flower budget.
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.

Word Forms

admins admining adminning admined adminned

Etymology

Clipping of administrator or administration.

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