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manage (verb), manages; managed; managing
1. To direct or to control the use of something: After learning how to ride a tricycle, Lisa managed to ride a bicycle at a very young age.
2. To have control of something: Sharon is managing her family's bakery; and she was able to put her talent and knowledge to good use.
3. To make submissive to one's authority, discipline, or persuasion: It was becoming more and more difficult for the parents to manage their teenage son, because he was constantly staying out longer with his friends than was permissible.
4. To direct the professional career of an entertainer or athlete, etc,: The actors were being managed by an agency that provided good payments for their performances and their careers.
5. To succeed in accomplishing a goal or objective; especially, with difficulty: Shirley recently managed to get a promotion and a better salary with her company after five years of successful achievements.
6. Etymology: from Italian maneggiare, "to handle"; especially, "to control a horse"; from Latin, manus, "hand".
This entry is located in the following unit: manu-, man-, mani-, mandat-, manda- (page 3)
(Latin: suffix; expressing ability, capacity, fitness, or "that which may be easily handled or managed")
(Latin: a suffix; expressing capacity, fitness to do that which can be handled or managed, suitable skills to accomplish something; capable of being done, something which can be finished, etc.)