Administrated

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To have carried out supervision or management of tasks and operations while ensuring goals are met
2. To have provided guidance and oversight for a series of actions and functions within an established framework
3. Handled and directed activities or processes to achieve desired outcomes

Etymology: "Administrated" is the past tense of "administrate," a verb that English has used for centuries and that is often treated as a back-formation: speakers took the noun "administration" and worked backward to create a verb from it. The older root is Latin "administrare," meaning to manage, serve or attend to, built from "ad" (toward) and "ministrare" (to serve), so the idea of service sits underneath the modern sense of oversight. The verb "administrate" is widely regarded by usage critics as a back-formation, and it has long competed with the older "administer" for the same work. Where "administer" tends to be used for giving something out or running a system, "administrate" has leaned toward supervising ongoing affairs, which is why the past tense "administrated" appears most often in discussions of organizations and programs.

Synonyms: managed, supervised, governed, directed, controlled

Antonyms: neglected, abandoned, ignored, disregarded, mismanaged