admin

¹ American

[ad-min, ad-min] / ædˈmɪn, ˈæd mɪn /

noun

administration; administrative work.
an administrative assistant.

My admin will call you back with that information later today.
an administrator.

government admins.

adjective

of or relating to an administrator or to administrative functions.

You can’t install computer programs without admin privileges.

admin. ² American

abbreviation

administration.

admin British

/ ˈædmɪn /

noun

informal short for administration

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Etymology

Origin of admin

By shortening

Example Sentences

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First came chief finance, operating, admin, tech and marketing officers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Cheryl Rowland, an admin assistant at a construction company, who lives in Hurlford, is sceptical.

From BBC

After graduating in 2021, she moved to London and couch surfed for six months, before she got a job as an admin assistant at the Royal Court Theatre on its education team.

From BBC

"We need ring-fenced budgets, we need immediate intervention into SEN provision and we need support in our roles just to reduce the admin burden that we have."

From BBC

"Sometimes it's a genuine admin error or a code gets issued incorrectly."

From BBC

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