manage
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[edit] Etymology
From Old French manege (“‘the handling or training of a horse, horsemanship, riding, maneuvers, proceedings’”), probably < Italian maneggiare (“‘to handle, manage, touch, treat’”) < mano < Latin manus (“‘the hand’”); see manual.
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to manage (third-person singular simple present manages, present participle managing, simple past and past participle managed)
- (transitive) to direct or be in charge of.
- (transitive) to handle or control
- (transitive) to force.
- (intransitive) to succeed at an attempt
- He managed to climb the tower.
- (intransitive) to achieve without fuss, or without outside help.
[edit] Translations
to direct or be in charge
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to handle or control, to force
to succeed at an attempt
to achieve without fuss, or without outside help
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[edit] See also
- man
Management on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Management
[edit] External links
- manage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- manage in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
