Found 3 items, similar to manage.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: manage
behandel, kelola, memangku, mengadministrir, mengageni, mengatur, mengelola
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: manage
manage
v 1: be successful; achieve a goal;
“She succeeded in persuading
us all”;
“I managed to carry the box upstairs”;
“She
pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable
of it”;
“The pianist negociated the difficult runs”
[syn:
pull off,
negociate,
bring off,
carry off]
[ant:
fail]
2: be in charge of, act on, or dispose of;
“I can deal with
this crew of workers”;
“This blender can't handle nuts”;
“She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old”
[syn:
deal,
care,
handle]
3: come to terms or deal successfully with;
“We got by on just
a gallon of gas”;
“They made do on half a loaf of bread
every day” [syn:
cope,
get by,
make out,
make do,
contend,
grapple,
deal]
4: watch and direct;
“Who is overseeing this project?” [syn:
oversee,
supervise,
superintend]
5: achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
[syn:
wangle,
finagle]
6: carry on or manage;
“We could do with a little more help
around here” [syn:
do]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Manage
Manage
\Man"age\, v. i.
To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to
administer.
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Leave them to manage for thee. --Dryden.
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Manage
\Man"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Managed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Managing.] [From
Manage, n.]
1. To have under control and direction; to conduct; to guide;
to administer; to treat; to handle.
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Long tubes are cumbersome, and scarce to be easily
managed. --Sir I.
Newton.
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What wars Imanage, and what wreaths I gain. --Prior.
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2. Hence, Esp.: to guide by careful or delicate treatment; to
wield with address; to make subservient by artful conduct;
to bring around cunningly to one's plans.
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It was so much his interest to manage his Protestant
subjects. --Addison.
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It was not her humor to manage those over whom she
had gained an ascendant. --Bp. Hurd.
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3. To train in the manege, as a horse; to exercise in
graceful or artful action.
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4. To treat with care; to husband. --Dryden.
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5. To bring about; to contrive. --Shak.
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Syn: To direct; govern; control; wield; order; contrive;
concert; conduct; transact.
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Manage
\Man"age\, n. [F. man[`e]ge, It. maneggio, fr. maneggiare
to manage, fr. L. manushand. Perhaps somewhat influenced by
F. m['e]nage housekeeping, OF. mesnage, akin to E. mansion.
See
Manual, and cf.
Manege.]
The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse;
management; administration. See
Manege. [Obs.]
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Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions,
embrace more than they can hold. --Bacon.
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Down, down I come; like glistering Pha["e]thon
Wanting the manage of unruly jades. --Shak.
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The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl. --Shak.
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Note: This word, in its limited sense of management of a
horse, has been displaced by manege; in its more
general meaning, by management.
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