administrative unit
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3.6
- noun
- The Pardubice region displays similar characteristics to Hradec Kralove; in the past, these regions formed one administrative unit.
- administrative unit from the Department
- first-order administrative units
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Examples
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The regions differ in topography and climate, and until recently, were divided into four administrative units.
Academic text (1998) -
Although the British intended to keep Nuer and Dinka in the area east of the Nile in separate administrative units, this policy did not work.
Academic text (1990) -
The new districts, by contrast, were administrative units imposed by the state to help regulate Paris.
Blog text (24) -
Reforms included changing the names of the past colonial units and restructuring the number of existing administrative units.
Academic text (1992) -
And without reliable means of communication and transportation, remote local administrative units become isolated, independent fiefdoms.
Academic text (2001) -
All of the most populated settlements in Pastaza are seats of administrative units.
Academic text (2000) -
The target population included 232 special education students graduating in 1978 to 1979 from each of the 45 administrative units in the state.
Academic text (2005) -
With diminishing resources commonplace in many colleges and universities, a shifting of the burden from central administrative units to departments has become the norm.
Academic text (1991) -
Its population includes the most northeasterly of Yoruba-speaking groups and, to their south, diverse communities of people, many grouped into the administrative unit now called Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, who speak several mutually unintelligible Edo-related languages.
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The city is organized into several administrative units that focus on different areas like education and public safety.
Synonyms
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3.6
The people who manage an organization or the work of managing it
16
5.8
A department in an organization that manages one area, like research or finance
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3.9
A group that manages official tasks for a company or public service
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3.7
A region like a state or district that a government uses to run local services
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3.9
An area managed by local government for public services
How Big
- Formal
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4.3
1
3.6
420
3.2
∞
1.8
119
2.4
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from 'administrative' (relating to management) + 'unit' (a group/section) — together signalling a group used for administration. While technical contexts add the idea of a virtual or logical container, the core compositional sense is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would likely infer the meaning.
Etymology
Administrative unit comes from joining administrative meaning 'management' work and unit meaning a single part or team. Imagine one office or team in a big organization that manages its own tasks, so the phrase means a division that handles administration.