to admin
- verb
- /ˈæd.mɪn/
- Jargon
- 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.
- 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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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She decided to admin the discussion group, helping to keep conversations organized and respectful.
Synonyms
To be in charge of a group or a business
Manage the running of something like a business or program
Manage and be in charge of an organization, program or activity in an official way
To manage and direct the work of other people
How Responsible
Surface Forms
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.