"admin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈædˌmɪn/, /ədˈmɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-admin.wav [Southern-England] Forms: admins [plural]
enPR: ăd'mĭn" Etymology: Clipping of administrator or administration. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|administrator}} Clipping of administrator, {{clipping|en|administration|notext=1}} administration Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} admin (countable and uncountable, plural admins)
  1. (uncountable, informal) Administration, or administrative work. Tags: informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-admin-en-noun-P59JNWPC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 18 16 20 18 14
  2. (countable, informal) An administration (a body that administers; the executive part of government). Tags: countable, informal
    Sense id: en-admin-en-noun-XJKSAhxw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 18 16 20 18 14
  3. (countable, informal) An administrator (one who administers affairs). Tags: countable, informal
    Sense id: en-admin-en-noun-jlzjnsG9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 18 16 20 18 14
  4. (countable, informal, computing) A systems administrator (one who maintains a computer system or network). Tags: countable, informal Categories (topical): Computing Translations (systems administrator): noroozi (Amaimon), ylläpitäjä (Finnish), 운영자 (unyeongja) (Korean), 관리자 (gwallija) (Korean), 어드민 (eodeumin) (Korean), ادمین (admin) (Persian), admin [masculine] (Polish), admin [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), сисадми́н (sisadmín) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-admin-en-noun-RbCXPq8E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 18 16 20 18 14 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'systems administrator': 9 8 33 45 5
  5. (countable, informal, Internet) A user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges allowing them to control or restrict the activity of other users. Tags: Internet, countable, informal Categories (topical): Internet Translations (user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges): ադմին (admin) (Armenian), կայքավար (kaykʻavar) (Armenian), ylläpitäjä (Finnish), 어드민 (eodeumin) (Korean), ادمین (admin) (Persian), admin [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-admin-en-noun-JsT4FUse Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 18 16 20 18 14 Disambiguation of 'user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges': 4 5 7 10 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: admin., Admin. [law] Derived forms: admin vortex, adminhood, adminship, badmin, life admin, modmin, superadmin, wedmin

Verb

IPA: /ˈædˌmɪn/, /ədˈmɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-admin.wav [Southern-England] Forms: admins [present, singular, third-person], admining [participle, present], adminning [participle, present], admined [participle, past], admined [past], adminned [participle, past], adminned [past]
enPR: ăd'mĭn" Etymology: Clipping of administrator or administration. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|administrator}} Clipping of administrator, {{clipping|en|administration|notext=1}} administration Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=adminned|pres_ptc2=adminning}} admin (third-person singular simple present admins, present participle admining or adminning, simple past and past participle admined or adminned)
  1. (transitive, computing, informal) To serve as an administrator for or of. Tags: informal, transitive Categories (topical): Computing Translations (to serve as admin): ylläpitää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-admin-en-verb-bGbjrVUe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 18 16 20 18 14 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: admin., Admin. [law]

Inflected forms

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        "An administration (a body that administers; the executive part of government)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "administration",
          "administration"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, informal) An administration (a body that administers; the executive part of government)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 December 28, Zach Montellaro, “Georgia election admins battle Covid and conspiracies ahead of Senate runoffs”, in Politico",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An administrator (one who administers affairs)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "administrator",
          "administrator"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, informal) An administrator (one who administers affairs)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "Our admin has upgraded the server in our office, so we can exchange files faster.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A systems administrator (one who maintains a computer system or network)."
      ],
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        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "system",
          "system"
        ],
        [
          "administrator",
          "administrator"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, informal, computing) A systems administrator (one who maintains a computer system or network)."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "informal"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Internet"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The admin changed the forum settings to enable the use of emoticons.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges allowing them to control or restrict the activity of other users."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "user",
          "user"
        ],
        [
          "discussion",
          "discussion"
        ],
        [
          "forum",
          "forum"
        ],
        [
          "website",
          "website"
        ],
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          "privilege"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, informal, Internet) A user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges allowing them to control or restrict the activity of other users."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "countable",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈædˌmɪn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ədˈmɪn/"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-admin.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ăd'mĭn\""
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "admin."
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ],
      "word": "Admin."
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ali",
      "lang": "Amaimon",
      "sense": "systems administrator",
      "word": "noroozi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "systems administrator",
      "word": "ylläpitäjä"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "unyeongja",
      "sense": "systems administrator",
      "word": "운영자"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gwallija",
      "sense": "systems administrator",
      "word": "관리자"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eodeumin",
      "sense": "systems administrator",
      "word": "어드민"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "admin",
      "sense": "systems administrator",
      "word": "ادمین"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "systems administrator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "admin"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "systems administrator",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "admin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sisadmín",
      "sense": "systems administrator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сисадми́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "admin",
      "sense": "user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges",
      "word": "ադմին"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kaykʻavar",
      "sense": "user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges",
      "word": "կայքավար"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges",
      "word": "ylläpitäjä"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eodeumin",
      "sense": "user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges",
      "word": "어드민"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "admin",
      "sense": "user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges",
      "word": "ادمین"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "admin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "admin"
}

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    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English clippings",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs"
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      },
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    },
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        "2": "administration",
        "notext": "1"
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      "form": "admins",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "admining",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adminning",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "admined",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adminned",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adminned",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "pres_ptc2": "adminning"
      },
      "expansion": "admin (third-person singular simple present admins, present participle admining or adminning, simple past and past participle admined or adminned)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To serve as an administrator for or of."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "administrator",
          "administrator"
        ]
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        "(transitive, computing, informal) To serve as an administrator for or of."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈædˌmɪn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ədˈmɪn/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-admin.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ăd'mĭn\""
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "admin."
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ],
      "word": "Admin."
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to serve as admin",
      "word": "ylläpitää"
    }
  ],
  "word": "admin"
}

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