manages

verbbe in charge, control
verbaccomplish
verbsurvive, get by

Synonyms for manages

verb be in charge, control

Antonyms for manages

Word Origin & History

1560s, probably from Italian maneggiare "to handle," especially "to control a horse," ultimately from Latin noun manus "hand" (see manual (adj.)). Influenced by French manège "horsemanship" (earliest English sense was of handling horses), which also was from Italian. Extended to other objects or business from 1570s. Slang sense of "get by" first recorded 1650s. Related: Managed; managing. Managed economy was used by 1933.

Example Sentences for manages

When nobody else can find any filth left, he manages to discover some.

Mrs. Gordon manages the house and her reward is to sit at the head of the table.

"I do hope Ida manages to frighten her away before Jimmy gets there," she said.

She will do this until she manages to get around on one tack or the other.

He stops, hesitates, stammers, but manages to hold the crowd.

He owns a pair of oxen and manages to raise enough to feed them.

I was thinking this morning that with the way she lives and manages she must have saved some money.

"If he is just roaming around I wonder how he manages to live," said Dave.

Mr. Seaman manages his ingenious metres with unfailing skill.

"Oh, I manages it somehow," declared Ingua, with indifference.