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<span class="cald-hword">manage</span> <span class="cald-guideword">(CONTROL)</span> Show phonetics
<span class="def-classification">verb</span> <span class="def-grammar">[T]</span>
<span class="cald-definition">to be responsible for controlling or organizing someone or something especially a business:</span>
<span class="cald-example">Has she had any experience of managing large projects?</span>
<span class="cald-example">He's not very good at managing people.</span>
<span class="cald-example">His job involved managing large investment funds.</span>
<span class="cald-example">When you have a job as well as children to look after, you have to learn how to manage your time.</span>
<span class="def-xref">See also mismanage.</span>

<span class="cald-word">management</span> Show phonetics
<span class="def-classification">noun</span> <span class="def-grammar"></span>
<span class="cald-definition">the control and organization of something:</span>
<span class="cald-example">The company has suffered from several years of bad management.</span>
<span class="cald-example">There is a need for stricter financial management.</span>
<span class="cald-example">a management training scheme</span>

<span class="cald-word">management</span> Show phonetics
<span class="def-classification">group noun</span> <span class="def-grammar">[C]</span>
<span class="cald-definition">the group of people responsible for controlling and organizing a company:</span>
<span class="cald-example">Management has/have offered staff a 3% pay increase.</span>

<span class="cald-word">manager</span> Show phonetics
<span class="def-classification">noun</span> <span class="def-grammar">[C]</span>
<span class="def-sensenum">1</span> <span class="cald-definition">the person who is responsible for managing an organization:</span>
<span class="cald-example">a bank manager</span>
<span class="cald-example">a station manager</span>
<span class="cald-example">the production manager</span>
<span class="cald-example">I wish to speak to the manager.</span>

<span class="def-sensenum">2</span> <span class="cald-definition">the person whose job is to organize and sometimes train a sports team:</span>
<span class="cald-example">a football manager</span>

<span class="def-sensenum">3</span> <span class="cald-definition">The manager of a singer, actor or other entertainer is a person whose job is to arrange the business part of their work.</span>

<span class="cald-word">manageress</span> Show phonetics
<span class="def-classification">noun</span> <span class="def-grammar">[C]</span> <span class="def-label">OLD-FASHIONED</span>
<span class="cald-definition">a female manager</span>

<span class="cald-word">managerial</span> Show phonetics
<span class="def-classification">adjective</span>
<span class="cald-definition">relating to a manager or management:</span>
<span class="cald-example">managerial responsibilities/decisions/skills</span>

<span class="small">(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)</span>
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