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Manage

Manage Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Manage?
[v] 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"
[v] watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?" [v] 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" [v] carry on or manage; "We could do with a little more help around here" [v] achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods [v] 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Manage: bring off | care | carry off | contend | cope | deal | do | finagle | get by | grapple | handle | make do | make out | negociate | oversee | pull off | superintend | supervise | wangle Related Terms | Find terms related to Manage: 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 See Also | accomplish | achieve | act | administer | administrate | attain | build | carry on | come through | come to grips | command | conduct | control | coordinate | cope with | cut | direct | dispose of | extemporize | fend | get to grips | hack | improvise | juggle | match | meet | mind | misconduct | mishandle | mismanage | move | organise | organize | process | reach | rub along | scrape along | scrape by | scratch along | squeak by | squeeze by | succeed | take care | touch | win | work Manage In Webster's Dictionary \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.]
Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions,
embrace more than they can hold. --Bacon.
Down, down I come; like glistering Pha["e]thon
Wanting the manage of unruly jades. --Shak.
The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl. --Shak.
Note: This word, in its limited sense of management of a
horse, has been displaced by manege; in its more
general meaning, by management.
\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. Long tubes are cumbersome, and scarce to be easily managed. --Sir I. Newton. What wars Imanage, and what wreaths I gain. --Prior. 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. It was so much his interest to manage his Protestant subjects. --Addison. It was not her humor to manage those over whom she had gained an ascendant. --Bp. Hurd. 3. To train in the manege, as a horse; to exercise in graceful or artful action. 4. To treat with care; to husband. --Dryden. 5. To bring about; to contrive. --Shak. Syn: To direct; govern; control; wield; order; contrive; concert; conduct; transact. \Man"age\, v. i. To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to administer. Leave them to manage for thee. --Dryden. |
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