Is “administrate” a real word? 6 Replies This has been going round the office for the past day… so, dear lazyweb, is “administrate” a real word?
Joseph Walton-Rivers May 8, 2009 at 21:43 Dear kirrus. The lazyweb says yes… cite: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/administrate?jss=0
Kirrus Post authorMay 8, 2009 at 21:46 Already used that.. It is still claimed that it’s not a proper word 🙁
james May 9, 2009 at 17:14 There seems to be some debate on the actual first appearance of the word but Reference.com pins it at around 1630–40 and Merriam-Webster at around 1550 but, yeah, I’d mark it as proper and we Yanks use it all the time. 😉
Kirrus Post authorMay 9, 2009 at 19:06 So, current count is 2 for and one against it being a proper word… Thanks all who commented 🙂
Dear kirrus.
The lazyweb says yes…
cite: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/administrate?jss=0
Already used that.. It is still claimed that it’s not a proper word 🙁
“Administer”.
There seems to be some debate on the actual first appearance of the word but Reference.com pins it at around 1630–40 and Merriam-Webster at around 1550 but, yeah, I’d mark it as proper and we Yanks use it all the time. 😉
So, current count is 2 for and one against it being a proper word… Thanks all who commented 🙂
The correct term, is Administer