manage
English
/ˈmænɪdʒ/, /ˈmænɪdʒ/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To direct or be in charge of.
- (transitive) To handle or control (a situation, job).
- (transitive) To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.).
- (intransitive) To succeed at an attempt.
- (ambitransitive) To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help.
- To train (a horse) in the manège; to exercise in graceful or artful action.
- (obsolete) To treat with care; to husband.
- (obsolete) To bring about; to contrive.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *manage derived from Old French manege (maneuvers, the handling training of a horse, horsemanship, proceedings, riding) derived from maneggiare (touch, manage, treat, handle) derived from Latin manus (hand, handwriting, power).
Origin
Latin
manus
Gloss
hand, handwriting, power
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
力
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- amanuensis English
- anger management English
- antimanagement English
- biomanagement English
- comanage English
- comanagement English
- comanager English
- ecomanagement English
- macro-management English
- macromanage English
- malmanagement English
- manageability English
- manageable English
- manageableness English
- manageably English
- managee English
- manageless English
- management English
- management summary English
- managemental English
- managementese English
- manager English
- managerese English
- manageress English
- managerial English
- managerless English
- managerly English
- managership English
- managest English
- manageth English
- manumotor English
- manus English
- manège English
- micromanagement English
- micromanager English
- midmanagement English
- mismanage English
- mismanagement English
- mismanager English
- multimanager English
- nonmanagement English
- nonmanager English
- outmanage English
- overmanage English
- overmanagement English
- self-management English
- stage manager English
- submanagement English
- submanager English
- supermanager English
- technomanager English
- undermanage English
- undermanagement English
- undermanager English
- unmanage English
- unmanageability English
- unmanageable English
- manageri Finnish
- *-idiāre Latin
- *mania Latin
- *manicius Latin
- *manicum Latin
- *manidiare Latin
- *manidiāre Latin
- *manuoperō Latin
- adminiculum Latin
- albimanus Latin
- amanuensis Latin
- bellamanus Latin
- centimanus Latin
- crassimanus Latin
- flavimanus Latin
- grandimanus Latin
- longimanus Latin
- manceps Latin
- mando Latin
- manicus Latin
- manifolium Latin
- manualis Latin
- manuarius Latin
- manuatus Latin
- manupretium Latin
- manus Latin
- manuscriptum Latin
- manutergium Latin
- manū opera Latin
- manūtenēre, manuteneo, manūteneō Latin
- nigrimanus Latin
- unimanus Latin
- Management German
- Manager German
- managen German
- menedzser Hungarian
- menedzsment Hungarian
- giumella Italian
- management Italian
- manager Italian
- maneggiabile Italian
- maneggiamento Italian
- maneggiare Italian
- maneggiatore Italian
- mano Italian
- rimaneggiare Italian
- management Dutch, Flemish
- manager Dutch, Flemish
- main French
- management French
- manager French
- manicure French
- manier French
- manière French
- manucure French
- manège French
- менеджер Russian
- менеджмент Russian
- management Spanish, Castilian
- manejar Spanish, Castilian
- manejo Spanish, Castilian
- mánager Spanish, Castilian
- *man- Proto-Indo-European
- *mon- Proto-Indo-European
- *méh₂-r̥, *mh₂-én-, *méh₂r̥ Proto-Indo-European
- manejar Portuguese
- マネージャー Japanese
- *manage Middle English
- management Czech
- manévr Czech
- main Old French
- maintenir Old French
- manege Old French
- mànager Catalan, Valencian
- मैनेजर Hindi
- mână Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- μάνατζερ Greek (modern)
- μάνατζμεντ Greek (modern)
- manedyer Cebuano
- manuo Ido
- မန်နေဂျာ Burmese
- mão Old Portuguese
- mãnã Aromanian
- manažment Slovak
- meneja Swahili
- manlevar Occitan
- 매니저 Korean
- *manus Proto-Italic
- maun Romansh
- mano Asturian
- man Friulian
- man Old Occitan
- mano Old Spanish
- manu Sicilian
- man Venetian
- nam Volapük
- menesa Tok Pisin
- menesmen Tok Pisin
- man Ligurian
- mun Dalmatian
- moin Bourguignon
- man Ladin
- manu Sardinian
- mana Neapolitan
- mano Neapolitan
- man Istriot
- mano Mirandese
- maneggiare roa-oit
- mǫnă Megleno-Romanian
- manus
- manège
- managee
- manager
- manageth
- comanage
- managest
- unmanage
- manumotor
- comanager
- managerly
- mismanage
- outmanage
- amanuensis
- managerese
- overmanage
- manageably
- nonmanager
- manageless
- mismanager
- submanager
- manageable
- managerial
- manageress
- management
- managership
- managerless
- undermanage
- macromanage
- micromanager
- managemental
- multimanager
- unmanageable
- undermanager
- supermanager
- comanagement
- mismanagement
- midmanagement
- biomanagement
- nonmanagement
- technomanager
- malmanagement
- submanagement
- managementese
- stage manager
- manageability
- ecomanagement
- antimanagement
- manageableness
- overmanagement
- micromanagement
- self-management
- unmanageability
- undermanagement
- macro-management
- anger management
- management summary