manager

«manager» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who is in charge of a shop, business, team of… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a manager, managers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A manager is a person who is in charge of a shop, business, team of workers or project. tree →

2) A manager is the person in charge of a sports team. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life you can ask to speak to the manager if something is wrong in a shop. In football the manager chooses the team. In maths money problems a manager pays workers or orders stock. Phrases: shop manager, team manager, ask for the manager.

examples

• The manager said sorry for the mistake. tree →
• My aunt is the manager of a bakery. tree →
• The football manager picked the team for Saturday. tree →
• Ask the manager if we can get a refund. tree →
• The manager ordered 50 boxes of crisps. tree →
• She was promoted to manager. tree →

note

Countable. Verb: manage; noun: management. Starts with M, not «manger» (an animal feeding box) — a common spelling slip.

In the corpora

• For example, "We are streamlining the team" from a manager usually means some people are about to lose their jobs.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «manager» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.