Dictionary Entry
manage
manage is a 6-letter English word with 14 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 14 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.
- 2noun
To have under control and direction; to conduct; to guide; to administer; to treat; to handle.
- 3noun
Hence: Esp., to guide by careful or delicate treatment; to wield with address; to make subservient by artful conduct; to bring around cunningly to one's plans.
- 4noun
To train in the manege, as a horse; to exercise in graceful or artful action.
- 5noun
To treat with care; to husband.
- 6noun
To bring about; to contrive.
- 7intransitive verb
To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to administer.
- 8verb
handle effectively
"The burglar wielded an axe"
"The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well"
- 9verb
be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
"I can deal with this crew of workers"
"This blender can't handle nuts"
- 10verb
watch and direct
"Who is overseeing this project?"
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- 11verb
be successful; achieve a goal
"She succeeded in persuading us all"
"I managed to carry the box upstairs"
- 12verb
carry on or function
"We could do with a little more help around here"
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- 13verb
achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
- 14verb
come to terms with
"We got by on just a gallon of gas"
"They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
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