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managing

Variant of manage

transitive verb managed, managing

  1. Obsolete to train (a horse) in its paces; cause to do the exercises of the manège
  2. to control the movement or behavior of; handle
  3. to have charge of; direct; administer: to manage a household
  4. Rare to use carefully; husband
  5. to get (a person) to do what one wishes, esp. by skill, tact, flattery, etc.
  6. to bring about by contriving; succeed in accomplishing: often used ironically [he managed to make a mess of it]

intransitive verb

  1. to conduct or direct affairs; carry on business
  2. to find ways to go on functioning; get along somehow; succeed in handling matters

noun

  1. manège
  2. management

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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