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to admin

to admin

1 4.1
To manage a website, online group, or server
  • verb
  • /ˈæd.mɪn/
  • Jargon
translation icon : administrar
  • As a volunteer, I admin several community pages on social media, ensuring the information is accurate.

So I started doing admin, but by the end of the year, I was actually helping LXR, one of the biggest hotels in London for Hilton.

Examples

  • If you continue making these types of comments, you will be reported to admins, and they can deal with you.

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  • I admin for about two dozen pages and started seeing it appear in a few of them mid-May.

    Blog text (11)
  • So I started doing admin, but by the end of the year, I was actually helping LXR, one of the biggest hotels in London for Hilton.

  • I recently read a column on InfoWorld entitled, "Why admins should know how to code" and it got me thinking about the topic from the opposite perspective: why coders should know how to admin, monitor, maintain, and service hardware.

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  • To effectively manage the online forum, I need to admin user permissions and oversee discussions.

  • She decided to admin the discussion group, helping to keep conversations organized and respectful.

Synonyms

to manage
vsto admin
643 2.7

To be in charge of a group or a business

is used for routine office and online system tasks rather than broad leadership
to administer
vsto admin
  • Formal
81 4.7

Manage the running of something like a business or program

focuses more on broader duties and system oversight
to administrate
vsto admin
  • Formal
1 5.6

Manage and be in charge of an organization, program or activity in an official way

covers routine office and online system duties rather than formal role
to superintend
vsto admin
  • Formal
1 7.0

To manage and direct the work of other people

is more about handling everyday system and service tasks including online work

How Responsible

to manage
643 2.7
to admin
  • Jargon
1 4.1
to moderate
39 5.3
to assist
605 1.0

Surface Forms

admin infinitive
admined past
admined past participle
adminning present participle
admins third person singular

Etymology

Admin is used as a short verb from administer and the Latin administrare 'to serve' or 'to help'. So to admin something is to manage it or do the organising and care work for it.