manage
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 →
2) To be in charge of a business, team or people: «She manages a shop». tree →
3) To control or look after something: «manage your time», «manage money». tree →
4) To cope or get by with what you have: «We'll manage». tree →
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 →
- Can you manage that heavy bag, or shall I help? tree →
- Mum manages a big team at work. tree →
- We need to manage our time well in the test. tree →
- They managed without electricity for two days. tree →
- He's learning to manage his anger. tree →
- I can't manage another bite of cake! tree →
- How did you manage to conquer it?" tree →
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.
- Small spends like coffees and snacks add up fast; managing money means knowing what comes in and what goes out.
- Most artists need reading, maths and business skills to manage money and deals, and many have other jobs, especially at first.
- Zoos sometimes stop breeding an animal when there is no space or no need, and some use birth control to manage numbers.
- Blind dogs manage well using their noses if the furniture stays in the same place.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «manage» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.