transcription, транскрипция: [ mænɪdʒ ]
( manages, managing, managed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you manage an organization, business, or system, or the people who work in it, you are responsible for controlling them.
Within two years he was managing the store...
Most factories in the area are obsolete and badly managed...
There is a lack of confidence in the government’s ability to manage the economy...
= run, organize
VERB : V n , V n , V n
2.
If you manage time, money, or other resources, you deal with them carefully and do not waste them.
In a busy world, managing your time is increasingly important...
Josh expects me to manage all the household expenses on very little.
VERB : V n , V n
3.
If you manage to do something, especially something difficult, you succeed in doing it.
Somehow, he’d managed to persuade Kay to buy one for him...
Over the past 12 months the company has managed a 10 per cent improvement.
VERB : V to-inf , V n
4.
If you manage , you succeed in coping with a difficult situation.
She had managed perfectly well without medication for three years...
I am managing, but I could not possibly give up work...
= cope
VERB : V , V
5.
If you say that you can manage an amount of time or money for something, you mean that you can afford to spend that time or money on it.
‘All right, I can manage a fiver,’ McMinn said with reluctance.
= spare
VERB : V n
6.
If you say that someone managed a particular response, such as a laugh or a greeting, you mean that it was difficult for them to do it because they were feeling sad or upset.
He looked dazed as he spoke to reporters, managing only a weak smile...
VERB : V n
7.
You say ‘ I can manage ’ or ‘ I’ll manage ’ as a way of refusing someone’s offer of help and insisting on doing something by yourself.
I know you mean well, but I can manage by myself...
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