Meaning & use
admined
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“admined” is a form of “admin”.
Meaning
verbtransitive or intransitiveinformalcomputing
Past tense and past participle of 'admin': managed or ran a system, group, or online page as an administrator.
Grammar: Used as the past form of the informal verb 'admin'; it takes an object when you name what was managed: she admined the group.
Patterns
- admined a group
- admined a server
- admined a page
- admined for someone
He admined the club's social media accounts for two years.
For a while I admined a large gaming forum, which was harder than it sounds.
The site was admined by a small team of volunteers.
Word forms
| base form | admin |
|---|---|
| third person singular | admins |
| present participle | admining |
| past tense | admined |
| past participle | admined |
Common combinations
- admined a group
- She admined a study group with over a thousand members.
- admined a server
- He admined a private server for his friends.
- admined a page
- They admined the page together before handing it over.
- be admined by someone
- The channel is admined by two moderators.
Synonyms and how they differ
- managed
- More general and neutral; 'managed' works for teams, projects, and money, while 'admined' is mostly about online systems and groups.
- moderated
- Focuses on checking posts and keeping order rather than on the technical running of a system.
- ran
- Informal and broad; 'ran a forum' sounds natural, but it does not stress the administrator role the way 'admined' does.
Word family
- admin noun
- The work of running a system or organization, or the person who does it.
- admin verb
- The base form: to manage a system or online group as an administrator.
- administrator noun
- The formal word for a person who manages a system, network, or organization.
- administrate verb
- A formal verb meaning to manage the running of an organization or system.
Commonly confused: admined or administered? admined or admired?
admined vs administered
'Administered' is the standard past form of 'administer' (to manage, or to give medicine); 'admined' is the informal, computing-flavored past form of 'admin'.
admined vs admired
'Admired' means respected or looked at with pleasure; 'admined' means managed a system or group. They look similar but are unrelated.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'admined' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Admined' is the informal past form of 'admin' and means managed a system or group, so option 1 fits. Option 2 confuses it with 'admitted', option 3 with 'admired', and option 4 with 'administered'.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “admined”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.