Timeline for Administer Britain's Exit
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Jul 18, 2016 at 12:42 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglishLL/status/755019875068866560 | ||
Jul 13, 2016 at 19:23 | comment | added | meatie | @TRomano So, the usage of "administer" in the news article is suspect? | |
Jul 13, 2016 at 0:19 | review | Close votes | |||
Jul 13, 2016 at 3:46 | |||||
Jul 12, 2016 at 23:16 | comment | added | TimR | It is a vaguely figurative meaning, roughly synonymous with "oversee a process". Someone can administer "the affairs" of another person, the matters that arise. It accepts the nebulous. | |
Jul 12, 2016 at 17:29 | answer | added | Jay | timeline score: 3 | |
Jul 12, 2016 at 17:28 | answer | added | Peter | timeline score: 1 | |
Jul 12, 2016 at 17:27 | comment | added | eijen | You can also administer a law or regulation, of which Brexit is. If you went only by the dictionary you have, system administrators couldn't administer systems! | |
Jul 12, 2016 at 17:20 | history | asked | meatie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |