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manage
What does manage mean?
manage (verb): succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce manage?
/ˈmænədʒ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does manage come from?
From Early Modern English manage, menage, from Middle English *manage, *menage.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of manage?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “manage”?
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What does “manage” mean?
to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with
Not quite: that's what confront means.
succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
Right! That's what “manage” means.
to travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface
Not quite: that's what fly means.
to apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force
Not quite: that's what push means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “manage”?
feel
Not quite: feel means something else.
cope
Right!
give
Not quite: give means something else.
play
Not quite: play means something else.
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