📒 to control or be in charge of a business, a team, an organization, land, etc.
- to manage a business/factory/bank/hotel/soccer team
- to manage a department/project
- I think that Forestry Tasmania manages the forest.
📒 to succeed in doing something, especially something difficult
- I don't know exactly how we'll manage it, but we will, somehow.
- Can you manage another piece of cake? (= eat one)
- manage to do something We managed to get to the airport in time.
📒 to succeed in achieving or producing something
- In spite of his disappointment, he managed a weak smile.
- Davies manages light humour without seeming silly.
📒 to be able to solve your problems, deal with a difficult situation, etc.
- She's 82 and can't manage on her own any more.
- manage with/without somebody/something How do you manage without a car?
- I can manage without a dishwasher.
📒 to be able to live or survive without having much money, support, sleep, etc.
- young families who are just about managing
- She was finding it difficult to manage financially.
- manage on something He has to manage on less than £100 a week.
📒 to use money, time, information, etc. in a sensible way
- Don't tell me how to manage my affairs.
- a computer program that helps you manage data efficiently
- This enables pension funds to manage risk.
📒 to be able to do something at a particular time
- Let's meet up again—can you manage next week sometime?
📒 to keep somebody/something under control; to be able to deal with somebody/something
- It's like trying to manage an unruly child.
- Can you manage that suitcase?
- She manages horses better than anyone I know.
📒 to control how land is used, so that it is used in a sensible way
- The landowners manage their land to provide habitat for the desired species.
- All the timber comes from sustainably managed forests.