Word Frequency
manage (ˈmænɪdʒ
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Definitions
verb
- also intr to be in charge (of); administer ⇒
to manage one's affairs
,to manage a shop
- to succeed in being able (to do something) despite obstacles; contrive ⇒
did you manage to go to sleep?
- to have room, time, etc, for ⇒
can you manage dinner tomorrow?
- to exercise control or domination over, often in a tactful or guileful manner
- intr to contrive to carry on despite difficulties, esp financial ones ⇒
he managed quite well on very little money
- to wield or handle (a weapon)
- (rare) to be frugal in the use of
noun
- an archaic word for manège
Word Origin
C16: from Italian maneggiare to control, train (esp horses), ultimately from Latin manus handSynonyms
View thesaurus entry = be in charge of, run, handle, rule, direct, conduct, command, govern, administer, oversee, supervise, preside over, be head of, call the shots in, superintend, call the tune in
= cope, survive, shift, succeed, get on, carry on, fare, get through, make out, cut it, get along, make do, get by, crack it, muddle through
Example Sentences Including 'managing'
But it's as clear as a spring morning for Trevor Wicklow, managing director of East Kilbride-based Scobie & Junor Group.Glasgow Herald (2001)
Further, the managing director had grown deeply attached to Mrs Forrester-Moore.Murder in E Minor
I would ask the National Treasury Management Agency to do the reverse of what it did for us in managing the debt.Irish Times (2002)
It is all very un-feng shui and needs sorting, but the task is Olympian and I keep not managing even to get started.Country Life (2004)
No, he had approached her in a spirit of sympathy, laying his own torment on thick, even managing to squeeze out some tears.AMAGANSETT (2004)
The committee was responding to a petition from Thomas Minogue, managing director of Kingdom Engineering in Cowdenbeath.Glasgow Herald (2001)
The company's managing director, Mr Hugh Friel, recently said: "We have to keep our pencil sharp for future opportunities.Irish Times (2002)
The waitress had brought the bill, which the managing editor thrust across at Grubb.The Touch of Innocents
Upon its release, She's So High spent three weeks in the singles chart, managing to get as high as number forty-eight.THE LAST PARTY: Britpop, Blair and the demise of English rock (2003)
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