'Manage' definitions:
Definition of 'manage'
From: WordNet
verb
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" [syn: pull off, negociate, bring off, carry off, manage] [ant: fail]
verb
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" [syn: manage, deal, care, handle]
verb
Come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" [syn: cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage]
verb
verb
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Carry on or function; "We could do with a little more help around here" [syn: do, manage]
verb
Definition of 'Manage'
From: GCIDE
- Manage \Man"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Managed; p. pr. & vb. n. Managing.] [From Manage, n.]
- 1. To have under control and direction; to conduct; to guide; to administer; to treat; to handle. [1913 Webster]
- Long tubes are cumbersome, and scarce to be easily managed. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
- What wars Imanage, and what wreaths I gain. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- It was so much his interest to manage his Protestant subjects. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- It was not her humor to manage those over whom she had gained an ascendant. --Bp. Hurd. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To train in the manege, as a horse; to exercise in graceful or artful action. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To treat with care; to husband. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To bring about; to contrive. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To direct; govern; control; wield; order; contrive; concert; conduct; transact. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Manage'
From: GCIDE
- Manage \Man"age\, n. [F. man[`e]ge, It. maneggio, fr. maneggiare to manage, fr. L. manushand. Perhaps somewhat influenced by F. m['e]nage housekeeping, OF. mesnage, akin to E. mansion. See Manual, and cf. Manege.] The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Down, down I come; like glistering Phaethon Wanting the manage of unruly jades. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Note: This word, in its limited sense of management of a horse, has been displaced by manege; in its more general meaning, by management. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Manage'
From: GCIDE
- Manage \Man"age\, v. i. To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to administer. [1913 Webster]
- Leave them to manage for thee. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'manage'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accomplish,
- achieve,
- administer,
- administrate,
- animal husbandry,
- animal rearing,
- attain,
- automobiling,
- be master,
- be responsible for,
- be so,
- be such,
- bed,
- bed down,
- bee culture,
- beekeeping,
- bicycling,
- biking,
- break,
- breeding,
- bridle,
- bring about,
- bring off,
- brush,
- busing,
- call the signals,
- captain,
- care for,
- carry on,
- carry out,
- carry through,
- cattle-ranching,
- chair,
- chart a course,
- chicken-farming,
- clear,
- clear the hurdle,
- come along,
- come on,
- come out,
- come through,
- command,
- compass,
- complete,
- cond,
- conduct,
- conn,
- consummate,
- contend with,
- contrive,
- control,
- cope,
- cope with,
- coxswain,
- curry,
- currycomb,
- cut the mustard,
- cycling,
- dairy-farming,
- deal with,
- direct,
- discharge,
- discipline,
- dispatch,
- dispose of,
- do,
- do the job,
- do the trick,
- do with,
- dominate,
- drench,
- dressage,
- drive,
- driving,
- economize,
- effect,
- effectuate,
- eke out,
- employ,
- enact,
- enforce economies,
- engineer,
- equitation,
- execute,
- exercise,
- exert,
- fare,
- feed,
- fetch,
- fodder,
- fulfill,
- function,
- gentle,
- get along,
- get along on,
- get by,
- get by on,
- get on,
- gnotobiotics,
- go along,
- go on,
- go on with,
- govern,
- grazing,
- groom,
- guide,
- hack it,
- handle,
- hang in,
- hang tough,
- harness,
- have the conn,
- head,
- head up,
- helm,
- herding,
- hitch,
- horse training,
- horseback riding,
- horsemanship,
- husband,
- keep,
- keep afloat,
- keep at it,
- keep within compass,
- knock off,
- lead,
- lead on,
- litter,
- look after,
- make,
- make do,
- make ends meet,
- make go,
- make it,
- make out,
- make the grade,
- make the rules,
- make use of,
- makeshift,
- manage somehow,
- manage with,
- maneuver,
- manipulate,
- mastermind,
- milk,
- mink-ranching,
- motorcycling,
- motoring,
- muddle through,
- navigate,
- negotiate,
- never say die,
- officer,
- operate,
- ordain,
- order,
- oversee,
- pedaling,
- perform,
- perform on,
- persevere,
- persist,
- pig-keeping,
- pilot,
- play,
- ply,
- polish off,
- practice,
- prescribe,
- preside over,
- produce,
- pull the strings,
- put away,
- put over,
- put something aside,
- put through,
- quarterback,
- realize,
- regulate,
- riding,
- riding school,
- rub down,
- rule over,
- run,
- saddle,
- save,
- scrape,
- scrape along,
- scrape and save,
- scrimp,
- see it through,
- see to,
- shape a course,
- shape up,
- sheepherding,
- skimp,
- skipper,
- stack up,
- stagger,
- stand over,
- steer,
- steward,
- stick it out,
- stick to it,
- stock raising,
- stockbreeding,
- subsist,
- succeed,
- succeed in,
- superintend,
- supervise,
- survive,
- swing,
- swing the deal,
- take care of,
- take command,
- take the lead,
- tame,
- tend,
- thremmatology,
- train,
- transact,
- treat,
- turn out,
- turn the trick,
- undertake,
- use,
- utilize,
- watch over,
- water,
- wield,
- wield authority,
- work,
- work out,
- worry along,
- yoke,
- zootechnics,
- zootechny
Words containing 'Manage'
- Manageability,
- Manageable,
- Manageableness,
- Manageably,
- Managed,
- Management,
- Manager,
- Managing,
- Stage manager,
- bank manager,
- baseball manager,
- city manager,
- database management,
- district manager,
- general manager,
- hotel manager,
- industrial management,
- line management,
- managed economy,
- management consultant,
- management consulting,
- management control,
- management personnel,
- managing director,
- managing editor,
- database management system,
- financial management service,
- office of management and budget,
- federal emergency management agency,
- relational database management system,
- object-oriented database management system