manage

Speech parts

1. manage - Noun

2. manage - Verb

Meaning

The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.

To have under control and direction; to conduct; to guide; to administer; to treat; to handle.

Hence: Esp., to guide by careful or delicate treatment; to wield with address; to make subservient by artful conduct; to bring around cunningly to one's plans.

To train in the manege, as a horse; to exercise in graceful or artful action.

To treat with care; to husband.

To bring about; to contrive.

To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to administer.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

control conduct handle govern oversee supervise wield bring off run direct carry out deal care achieve operate
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Antonyms

fail peter brook bumble muff bloomer
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Hypernyms

control move act reach win command

Hyponyms

process work direct cut deal build

Phrases with the word

manage to manage with efficiency adequately manage can manage without manage to live manage stress

Derivatives

managed managing

Anagrams

agname Maegan Meagan

Examples

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool. Rudyard Kipling

Your vision will be clearer only when you manage to see within your heart. Carl Jung

If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can't have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far. Daniel Goleman

Manage with bread and salted butter until God brings something to eat with it. Moroccan Proverb

An imbecile can manage his own affairs better than a wise man the affairs of other people. Arabic Proverb

To have a clear tongue is better than having goods which you can't manage well. Yemeni Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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