manage

English

Etymology

From Old French manege (“the handling or training of a horse, horsemanship, riding, maneuvers, proceedings”), probably, from Italian maneggiare (“to handle, manage, touch, treat”), from mano, from Latin manus (“the hand”); see manual.

Pronunciation

• (GenAm, UK) IPA: /ˈmænəʤ/, /ˈmænɪʤ/, SAMPA: /"m{n@dZ/, /"m{nIdZ/

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• Hyphenation: man‧age
• Rhymes: -ænədʒ

Verb

manage (third-person singular simple present manages, present participle managing, simple past and past participle managed)

1. (transitive) to direct or be in charge of.
2. (transitive) to handle or control (a situation, job).
3. (transitive) To handle, wield (a tool, weapon etc.).
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ii:

     The most vnruly, and the boldest boy, / That euer warlike weapons menaged [...].

4. (transitive) to force.
5. (intransitive) to succeed at an attempt

   He managed to climb the tower.

6. (intransitive) to achieve without fuss, or without outside help.

Translations

to direct or be in charge

Arabic: أدار (ar) (ʾadāra) Chinese: Mandarin: 管理 (zh) (guǎnlǐ) Dutch: beheren (nl), leiden (nl), managen (nl) Esperanto: mastrumi (eo) Estonian: haldama (et) Finnish: johtaa (fi), hallita (fi) French: gérer (fr) German: verwalten (de), leiten (de) Hungarian: igazgat (hu) Italian: dirigere (it) Japanese: 管理する (ja) (かんりする, kanri suru)

Korean: 관리하다 (ko) (gwalli-hada) Kurdish: به‌رێوبردن Malay: urus (ms) Norwegian: lede (no) Portuguese: manejar (pt) Russian: управлять (ru) (upravlját’), руководить (ru) (rukovodít’), заведовать (ru) (zavédovat’) Serbian: управљати (sr) Spanish: manejar (es) Swahili: mudu (sw) Swedish: styra (sv) Ukrainian: управляти (uk) (upravljáty), керувати (uk) (keruváty)

to handle or control, to force

Estonian: juhtima (et) Hungarian: irányít (hu) Kurdish: جێبه‌جێکردن Norwegian: håndtere (no), klare (no)

Russian: управлять (ru) (upravlját’), руководить (ru) (rukovodít’) Serbian: контролисати (sr) Swahili: mudu (sw) Swedish: styra (sv)

to succeed at an attempt

Catalan: sortir-se'n (ca) Czech: zvládnout (cs) Dutch: erin slagen (nl) Estonian: õnnestuma (et) German: hinbekommen, schaffen Hungarian: megbirkózik (hu) Norwegian: klare (no)

Russian: справляться (ru) (spravlját’sja), (dative case +) удаваться (ru) (udavát’sja) Serbian: постићи (sr) Swahili: mudu (sw) Swedish: lyckas (sv) Ukrainian: вдаватися (uk)

to achieve without fuss, or without outside help

Estonian: hakkama saama (et) German: schaffen (de) Norwegian: klare (no)

Russian: успевать (ru) (uspevа́t’), справляться (ru) (spravlját’sja) Serbian: успети (sr) Swahili: mudu (sw)

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French: gérer, manier, réussir Italian: maneggiare Korean: 만지다 (manjida), 마니다 (manida, obsolete) Portuguese: gerenciar Spanish: manejar Urdu: ادار (ur) (udār)

Derived terms

• manageable
• management
• manager
• managerial
• unmanageable

Related terms

• manege
• manual
• manus

Noun

manage (uncountable)

1. (now rare) The act of managing or controlling something.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.xii:

     the winged God himselfe / Came riding on a Lion rauenous, / Taught to obay the menage of that Elfe [...].

2. (horseriding) Manège.

See also

• man
• Management on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Management

External links

• manage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• manage in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• Meagan