Okuzeka
Office & Administration vocabulary · Office Roles & Everyday Admin

Admin

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

/ˈædmɪn/nounCore term

In office & administration, admin means: Short for administration: the everyday organising work of an office, such as emails, filing, scheduling, forms and keeping records up to date.

In Turkish: idari işler, ofis işleri, idari birim

How it is used

Informal but very common in British and international offices: "I've got a lot of admin today", "admin tasks", "admin support". It can also mean the admin team ("Ask admin for a new badge"). In IT, an admin is a person with administrator rights on a system.

Example sentences

  1. Fridays are usually quieter, so I use them to catch up on admin.

  2. Could someone from admin order more printer paper?

Common collocations

  • catch up on admin
  • admin tasks
  • admin support
  • admin team
  • do some admin
  • administrative assistantA person who does the daily office tasks of a team or company, such as answering calls, managing calendars, filing documents and ordering supplies.
  • paperworkThe forms, letters, records and other documents that must be prepared, completed or checked as part of a job or process.
  • office managerThe person responsible for the smooth running of an office, including facilities, supplies, admin staff, office budgets and contact with suppliers.
  • prioritiseTo decide which tasks are the most important or urgent and deal with them first.

More terms: Office Roles & Everyday Admin

Practise with graded reading

Reading at the right level is the fastest way to make new words stick. Pick free English books by level: