noun
the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
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he claims that the present administration is corrupt
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the governance of an association is responsible to its members
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he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment
• Syn: ↑administration, ↑governance, ↑establishment, ↑brass, ↑organization, ↑organisation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑organise (for: ↑organisation), ↑organize (for: ↑organization), ↑administer (for: ↑administration)
• Hypernyms: ↑body
• Hyponyms:
↑Curia, ↑top brass, ↑executive, ↑judiciary, ↑bench, ↑county council, ↑government officials, ↑officialdom, ↑management
• Part Holonyms: ↑government, ↑authorities, ↑regime
• Member Meronyms: ↑advisory board, ↑planning board
• Part Meronyms: ↑hierarchy, ↑power structure, ↑pecking order
Useful english dictionary. 2012.