The meaning of ADMINISTRATIVE is of or relating to administration or an administration : relating to the management of a company, school, or other organization.

ADMINISTRATIVE meaning: 1. relating to the arrangements and work that is needed to control the operation of a plan or…. Learn more.

1. to govern or manage.

Administrative definition: pertaining to administration; executive.. See examples of ADMINISTRATIVE used in a sentence.

administrative in American English (ædˈmɪnɪsˌtreɪtɪv , ædˈmɪnɪstrətɪv , ədˈmɪnɪstrətɪv ) adjective of or connected with administration; executive

If your job is administrative, you're pretty much limited to paperwork, check-writing, or maybe hiring and firing. Administrative means having to do with overseeing the "office-y" things.

Definition of administrative adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Administrative definition: Of or connected with administration; executive.

There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the word administrative, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

The work is largely administrative. (Definition of administrative from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)