manage
verb (used with object)
to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship.
managed
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past participleof manage.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof manage.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
manageverb (used with object)to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship.
Example Sentences
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From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Ferguson signed Carrick from Tottenham in 2006 and also managed the midfielder's Manchester United team in his testimonial game at Old Trafford in 2017.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Oil majors will be judged on how well they have managed to control costs and keep refineries running—a metric the industry refers to as refinery utilization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
He explains that Social Security is managed by the federal government and funded by payroll taxes while private trust funds are estate-planning tools in which trustees manage assets for beneficiaries.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Her eyes widened as I spoke, and when I finished, all she managed to say was “Oh.”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
