different between administration vs planning

English

Etymology

From Middle English administracioun, from Old French administration, from Latin administratio, from administrare; see administer; compare French administration.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?m?n??st?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

administration (usually uncountable, plural administrations)

1. (uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.
2. (countable) A body that administers; the executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.

3. (uncountable) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.

4. (uncountable, business) Management.
5. (uncountable, law, Britain) An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.

Synonyms

• supervision, conduct, management, regulation, organization, governing

Related terms

• administer
• administrator
• administrative

Translations

References

• administration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Etymology

From Old French administration, from Latin administratio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.mi.nis.t?a.sj??/

Noun

administration f (plural administrations)

1. management (administration; the process or practice of managing)

Derived terms

• conseil d'administration

Further reading

• “administration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

administration (plural administrationes)

1. administration (act of administering)

Swedish

Noun

administration c

1. administration

Declension

Synonyms

• förvaltning

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?plæn??/

Verb

planning

1. present participle of plan

Noun

planning (countable and uncountable, plural plannings)

1. (uncountable) Action of the verb to plan.
2. The act of formulating of a course of action, or of drawing up plans.
3. The act of making contingency plans.
4. (informal, Britain) Planning permission.

   My neighbours were going to build an extension but they didn't get planning.

Usage notes

• Planning is context-based. It may function as a gerund or verb in a participle, but care must be taken to avoid misuse with 'plan'.
• Planning is almost never used in the plural, especially by native speakers. It sometimes appears in print, often in translated works especially in politics and management fields.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• planning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

planning f (plural planningen, diminutive planninkje n)

1. planning; schedule

Related terms

• plannen

French

Etymology

A pseudo-anglicism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pla.ni?/

Noun

planning m (plural plannings)

1. schedule, work plan