manageverb
uk/ˈmæn.ɪdʒ/us/ˈmæn.ədʒ/manage verb (SUCCEED)
B1 [ I or T ] to succeed in doing or dealing with something, especially something difficult:
[ + to infinitive ] Did you manage to get any bread?
I only just managed to finish on time.
A small dog had somehow managed to survive the fire.
I can't manage all this work on my own.
Don't worry about us - we'll manage!
mainly UK I'm afraid I can't manage the time (= to find enough time) to see you at the moment.
[ I ] to succeed in living on a small amount of money:
After she lost her job, they had to manage on his salary.
[ T ] to be able to attend or do something at a particular time:
Let's meet tomorrow - I can manage 3.
UK Can you manage dinner on Saturday?
Can't you manage any earlier?
More examples
- The car's quite full, but we could manage to squeeze another couple of people in.
- How did you manage to get such a great job?
- I don't know how actors manage to learn all those lines.
- I'm afraid I have to go out for a while - will you be able to manage on your own?
- How do you manage to work in this heat without air conditioning?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Coping and not coping
- balancing act
- be left holding the baby idiom
- bear up
- bite
- bite off more than you can chew idiom
- cut
- head
- heat
- hold
- keep body and soul together idiom
- keep the wolf from the door idiom
- keep your head above water idiom
- keep/hold your end up idiom
- live (from) hand to mouth idiom
- roll
- sink or swim idiom
- stride
- subsist
- subsistence
- take sth in your stride idiom
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
Budgeting money
manage verb (CONTROL)
B1 [ T ] to be responsible for controlling or organizing someone or something, especially a business or employees:
Has she had any experience of managing large projects?
He's not very good at managing people.
His job involved managing large investment funds.
When you have a job as well as children to look after, you have to learn how to manage your time.
See also
mismanage
More examples
- I saw a harried-looking mother at the checkout trying to manage two small children and a mountain of shopping.
- This mousse says it's designed to make hair glossy and easier to manage.
- This is my first experience of managing other people, but I need to appear confident.
- Derek manages our Agricultural Division.
- There must be a better way to manage our household finances than this!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Managing and organizing
- act
- administer
- administration
- bureaucracy
- bureaucratic
- campaign
- have sth in hand idiom
- head sth up
- in hand idiom
- kaizen
- management
- organization
- restructure
- run the show idiom
- running
- shakedown
- square
- square sth/sb away
- stage
- stage-manage
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