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# manage

«manage» in Mova's school dictionary: **To succeed in doing something difficult: «I managed to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (manage, manages, managed, managing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To succeed in doing something difficult: «I managed to finish the race». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/#m1)

2) To be in charge of a business, team or people: «She manages a shop». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/#m2)

3) To control or look after something: «manage your time», «manage money». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/#m3)

4) To cope or get by with what you have: «We'll manage». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school: «managing your time» during a test; «managing feelings» in wellbeing lessons. In maths word problems: «He managed to save £5 a week». In sport the manager runs the team. Phrases: «manage to do», «manage without», «manage on», «can you manage?» (do you need help?).

### examples

- I managed to climb to the top of the climbing frame! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/#x1)
- Can you manage that heavy bag, or shall I help? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/#x2)
- Mum manages a big team at work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/#x3)
- We need to manage our time well in the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/#x4)
- They managed without electricity for two days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/#x5)
- He's learning to manage his anger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/#x6)
- I can't manage another bite of cake! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/#x7)
- How did you manage to conquer it?" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/#x8)

### note

Verb: managed, managing (drop e). Pattern: «manage to + verb» (manage to finish), not «manage finishing». Nouns: manager, management. Do not confuse with «menage».

### In the corpora

- [Debt advice charities give free, private help to make a plan for paying debts back at a pace the family can manage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/21/)
- [Small spends like coffees and snacks add up fast; managing money means knowing what comes in and what goes out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/7/)
- [Most artists need reading, maths and business skills to manage money and deals, and many have other jobs, especially at first.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/9/)
- [Zoos sometimes stop breeding an animal when there is no space or no need, and some use birth control to manage numbers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals/13/)
- [Blind dogs manage well using their noses if the furniture stays in the same place.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «manage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.