Manage

Quick meaning: Manage is a verb meaning (transitive) To direct or be in charge of.

Meaning

(transitive) To direct or be in charge of.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To handle or control (a situation, job).
2. (transitive) To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.).
3. (intransitive) To succeed at an attempt in spite of difficulty. [with infinitive]
4. (ambitransitive) To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help.
5. (transitive) To manage to say; to say while fighting back embarrassment, laughter, etc.
6. (transitive) To train (a horse) in the manège; to exercise in graceful or artful action.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To treat with care; to husband.

Example Sentences

He managed to climb the tower.

The government managed the inflation very poorly.

It was so much his interest to manage his Protestant subjects.

Even though Jack is a novice, he manages his team with great success.

Word Forms

• manages
• managing
• managed

Synonyms for manage

Depending on context, synonyms include bewield, contrive, contend, handle, grapple, deal.

Antonyms for manage

Common opposites include fail.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include oversee, supervise, superintend, deal, make do, cope.

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