Manage | Mean of manage in English Dictionary

/ˈmænɪʤ/

• Verb
• to have control of (something, such as a business, department, sports team, etc.)
1. She manages [=runs] her family's bakery.
2. The business is managed by the owner's daughter.
3. The company is badly managed.
4. When she managed the department, we never missed a deadline.
• to take care of and make decisions about (someone's time, money, etc.)
1. He manages his own finances.
2. You need to manage [=use] your time more wisely.
• to direct the professional career of (someone, such as an entertainer or athlete)
1. an agency that manages entertainers

• to control the movements or actions of (something)
1. She manages [=handles] her skis well.
2. He is skillful in managing horses.
3. He's not able to manage [=(more commonly) control] his emotions.
4. This form of diabetes can be managed by diet. [=it can be controlled by eating a certain way]
• to control the behavior of (a child, animal, etc.)
1. She has difficulty managing [=handling] her young students.
• to use (something) carefully and without waste
1. There's enough food if we manage it well.
2. We need to do a better job of managing our natural resources.
• to be able to live or to do what is needed by using what you have even though you do not have much
1. When he lost his job, we didn't know if we could manage [=get by] on just my salary.
2. I wonder how they manage with so little income.
3. We'll have to manage with just one car.
4. This kind of plant can manage [=survive] with very little water.
5. They'll have to manage [=get by] without presents this year. [=they'll have to accept that they are not getting presents this year]
• to succeed in doing (something)
1. “We'll need to talk about this again. Can you manage a meeting next week?”
2. With his ankle broken, he could only manage (taking) a few steps at a time.
3. She wasn't feeling well, but she still managed a smile for the photographers.
4. He's too weak to manage the stairs on his own. [=to go up/down the stairs on his own]
5. She never studies but always manages to pass her tests.
6. He always manages to win somehow.
7. Somehow, they've managed to avoid trouble.
8. We were poor, but we still managed to have enough to eat.
9. How'd they manage to get away with it?
10. It was tough, but we managed not to let the secret out.
11. Only a few passengers managed to survive the crash.
12. These plants manage to stay alive with very little water.
13. They couldn't get tickets, but we managed to.
14. I don't know how we ever managed without you.
15. It's hard living alone, but somehow I manage.
16. “Do you need help with that suitcase?” “No, thanks. I think I can manage.”