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 adjective (LOCAL GOVERNMENT) relating to the organization and structure of local government:

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

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

administrative adjective Of, for, or relating to administration or administrators:

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.

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.

Collocations: [fulfill, complete, ignore] your administrative [activities, duties, tasks, functions], and other administrative [activities], the administrative body, more...