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manage

/ manage /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
"I can deal with this crew of workers"
"This blender can''t handle nuts"
"She managed her parents'' affairs after they got too old"
Type of:
control command
Kinds of:
administer administrate organize organise work
Derived:
handler treatment handling care charge
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 2
carry on or manage
"We could do with a little more help around here"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 3
achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
Type of:
achieve accomplish attain
Derived:
finagler wangler wangle wangling
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody's (body part) ----s
verb Sense 4
watch and direct
"Who is overseeing this project?"
Type of:
administer administrate
Kinds of:
build
Derived:
management direction coach manager handler
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 5
be successful; achieve a goal
"She succeeded in persuading us all"
"I managed to carry the box upstairs"
"She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it"
"The pianist negociated the difficult runs"
Opposites:
fail
Type of:
succeed win come through
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Something is ----ing PP
verb Sense 6
come to terms or deal successfully with
"We got by on just a gallon of gas"
"They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
Type of:
act move
Kinds of:
improvise extemporize fend hack cut
Derived:
braving confronting coping with grappling tackling
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s something
Semantic Complexity
59%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
43
Times Searched
3
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control command administer administrate organize organise work achieve accomplish attain build succeed