manage

manage
[[t]mæ̱nɪʤ[/t]]
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manages, managing, managed
1) VERB If you manage an organization, business, or system, or the people who work in it, you are responsible for controlling them.

[V n] Within two years he was managing the store...

[V n] Most factories in the area are obsolete and badly managed...

[V n] There is a lack of confidence in the government's ability to manage the economy...

[V n] Professors are notoriously difficult to manage.

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2) VERB If you manage time, money, or other resources, you deal with them carefully and do not waste them.

[V n] In a busy world, managing your time is increasingly important...

[V n] Josh expects me to manage all the household expenses on very little.

3) VERB If you manage to do something, especially something difficult, you succeed in doing it.

[V to-inf] Somehow, he'd managed to persuade Kay to buy one for him...

[V to-inf] I managed to pull myself up onto a wet, sloping ledge...

[V n] Over the past 12 months the company has managed a 10 per cent improvement.

4) VERB If you manage, you succeed in coping with a difficult situation.

She had managed perfectly well without medication for three years...

I am managing, but I could not possibly give up work...

How did your mother manage when your father left?

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5) VERB If you say that you can manage an amount of time or money for something, you mean that you can afford to spend that time or money on it.

[V n] This makes it ideal for those who can only manage a few hours in the morning or evening...

[V n] `All right, I can manage a fiver,' McMinn said with reluctance.

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6) VERB If you say that someone managed a particular response, such as a laugh or a greeting, you mean that it was difficult for them to do it because they were feeling sad or upset.

[V n] He looked dazed as he spoke to reporters, managing only a weak smile...

[V n] He managed a few sentences about his visit to the prison...

[V n] Now is the time to forge ahead with all the enthusiasm and optimism that you can manage.

7) CONVENTION You say `I can manage' or `I'll manage' as a way of refusing someone's offer of help and insisting on doing something by yourself.

I know you mean well, but I can manage by myself...

`I'll do it, Eleanor,' Angus said, quickly jumping up. But this time she only shook her head. `I'll manage,' she said firmly.


English dictionary. 2008.

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