MANAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does manage mean? 

• MANAGE (verb)
  The verb MANAGE has 7 senses:

1. be successful; achieve a goal

2. be in charge of, act on, or dispose of

3. succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

4. watch and direct

5. achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods

6. carry on or function

7. handle effectively

  Familiarity information: MANAGE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANAGE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they manage    ... he / she / it manages   
Past simple: managed   
Past participle: managed   
-ing form: managing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be successful; achieve a goal

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

bring off; carry off; manage; negociate; pull off

Context example:

The pianist negociated the difficult runs

Hypernyms (to "manage" is one way to...):

bring home the bacon; come through; deliver the goods; succeed; win (attain success or reach a desired goal)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE

Antonym:

fail (be unable)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

care; deal; handle; manage

Context example:

She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old

Hypernyms (to "manage" is one way to...):

command; control (exercise authoritative control or power over)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "manage"):

juggle (deal with simultaneously)

touch (deal with; usually used with a form of negation)

carry on; conduct; deal (direct the course of; manage or control)

direct (be in charge of)

misconduct; mishandle; mismanage (manage badly or incompetently)

process (deal with in a routine way)

coordinate (bring into common action, movement, or condition)

mind; take care (be in charge of or deal with)

dispose of (deal with or settle)

come to grips; get to grips (deal with (a problem or a subject))

work (cause to operate or function)

organise; organize (cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea)

administer; administrate (work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

manageable (capable of being managed or controlled)

management (the act of managing something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

contend; cope; deal; get by; grapple; make do; make out; manage

Context example:

They made do on half a loaf of bread every day

Hypernyms (to "manage" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "manage"):

extemporize; improvise (manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand)

fend (try to manage without help)

cut; hack (be able to manage or manage successfully)

rub along; scrape along; scrape by; scratch along; squeak by; squeeze by (manage one's existence barely)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 4

Meaning:

Watch and direct

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

manage; oversee; superintend; supervise

Context example:

Who is overseeing this project?

Hypernyms (to "manage" is one way to...):

administer; administrate (work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "manage"):

build (order, supervise, or finance the construction of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

manageable (capable of being managed or controlled)

management (the act of managing something)

manager ((sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team)

manager (someone who controls resources and expenditures)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

finagle; manage; wangle

Hypernyms (to "manage" is one way to...):

accomplish; achieve; attain; reach (to gain with effort)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody something

Sense 6

Meaning:

Carry on or function

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

do; manage

Context example:

We could do with a little more help around here

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 7

Meaning:

Handle effectively

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

handle; manage; wield

Context example:

The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well

Hypernyms (to "manage" is one way to...):

manipulate (hold something in one's hands and move it)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "manage"):

pump (operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal)

sweep; swing; swing out (make a big sweeping gesture or movement)

ply (wield vigorously)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

The nausea overpowered me, and I managed to crawl to the side of the vessel.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Aripiprazole is used in managing symptoms of schizophrenia and of acute manic and mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorders.

(Aripiprazole, NCI Thesaurus)

These include following a healthy diet, getting regular exercise, maintaining a healthy weight, quitting smoking, and managing stress.

(Atherosclerosis, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

He has managed to get a sparrow, and has already partially tamed it.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Perhaps he could manage to locate himself.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Treatment to manage or alleviate the fatigue and weight loss often associated with cancer.

(Anticachectic Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

“If you strike that dog again, I’ll kill you,” he at last managed to say in a choking voice.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

It had managed to roll up in a ball again, but it was not quite the old compact ball; its muscles were too much torn for that.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Many people can manage their diabetes through healthy eating, physical activity, and blood glucose testing.

(Diabetes Type 2, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

An indication or description that an event or occurrence in an individual's medical history is being managed.

(Medical History Controlled, NCI Thesaurus)