manage
be successful; achieve a goal
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,399 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,159 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- be successful; achieve a goal also: pull off, negociate, bring off, carry off She succeeded in persuading us allI managed to carry the box upstairs
- be in charge of, act on, or dispose of also: deal, care, handle I can deal with this crew of workersThis blender can't handle nuts
- succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available also: cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple We got by on just a gallon of gasThey made do on half a loaf of bread every day
- watch and direct also: oversee, supervise, superintend Who is overseeing this project?
- achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods also: wangle, finagle
- carry on or function also: do We could do with a little more help around here
manage in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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She wondered how on earth Miss Oakley would manage them.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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He lay still a long time, enduring--all he could manage at first.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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I said I might possibly manage it if he would come down with the two hundred and fifty.
The Motormaniacs · Lloyd Osbourne · Chapter 1
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Now I did once manage the fourth bottle--but then--I must confess I was obliged to give it up!
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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This last is beyond all question the simplest, easiest | | to manage and to keep in order, of any machine in the | | market.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1