managed; managing
Definition of manage
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: to handle or direct with a degree of skill: such as
a
: to exercise executive, administrative, and supervisory direction of
manage a business manage a bond issue manages a baseball team
b
: to treat with care : husband
managed his resources carefully
c
: to make and keep compliant
can't manage their child
2
: to direct the professional career of
an agency that manages entertainers
3
: to succeed in accomplishing : contrive
managed to escape from prison
4
: to work upon or try to alter for a purpose
manage the press manage stress
1
: to achieve one's purpose
He managed only by careful planning.
2a
: to direct or carry on business or affairs
also
: to direct a baseball team
b
: to admit of being carried on
manage
nounDefinition of manage (Entry 2 of 2)
1a
: the schooling or handling of a horse
b
: a riding school
c
archaic
: the action and paces of a trained riding horse
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The first known use of manage was in 1561
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