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# manage

verb (manage, manages, managed, managing)

«manage» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To succeed in doing something difficult: «I managed to finish the race». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/#m1)
2. To be in charge of a business, team or people: «She manages a shop». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/#m2)
3. To control or look after something: «manage your time», «manage money». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/#m3)
4. To cope or get by with what you have: «We'll manage». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/#m4)

### In the lessons

In school: «managing your time» during a test; «managing feelings» in wellbeing lessons. In maths word problems: «He managed to save £5 a week». In sport the manager runs the team. Phrases: «manage to do», «manage without», «manage on», «can you manage?» (do you need help?).

### Examples

- I managed to climb to the top of the climbing frame! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/#x1)
- Can you manage that heavy bag, or shall I help? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/#x2)
- Mum manages a big team at work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/#x3)
- We need to manage our time well in the test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/#x4)
- They managed without electricity for two days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/#x5)
- He's learning to manage his anger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/#x6)
- I can't manage another bite of cake! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/#x7)
- How did you manage to conquer it?" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/#x8)

### Note

Verb: managed, managing (drop e). Pattern: «manage to + verb» (manage to finish), not «manage finishing». Nouns: manager, management. Do not confuse with «menage».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «manage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«manage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/manage.html) on Mova free.