manage

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To direct or be in charge of.

   Even though Jack is a novice, he manages his team with great success.

2. 2
   verb

   To handle or control (a situation, job).

   The government managed the inflation very poorly.

3. 3
   verb

   To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.).

   It was so much his interest to manage his Protestant subjects.

4. 4
   verb

   To succeed at an attempt in spite of difficulty.

   He managed to climb the tower.

5. 5
   verb

   To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help.

   It's a tough job, but I'll manage.

6. 6
   verb

   To manage to say; to say while fighting back embarrassment, laughter, etc.

   "That's nice, dear!", she managed.

7. 7
   verb

   To treat with care; to husband.

   [She] […]manages her last half-crown with care, And trudges to the Mall, on foot

8. 8
   verb

   To bring about; to contrive.

   in a town of war, Yet wild, the people's hearts brimful of fear, To manage private and domestic quarrel, In night, and on the court and guard of safety!

Etymology

From Early Modern English manage, menage, from Middle English *manage, *menage, from Old French manege (“the handling or training of a horse, horsemanship, riding, maneuvers, proceedings”), probably from Old Italian maneggiare (“to handle, manage, touch, treat”), from Vulgar Latin *manizāre (“handle”), from Latin manus (“hand”) + -izāre (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of manège. Compare typologically English handle; Russian руководи́ть (rukovodítʹ) (< рука́ (ruká)).