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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Yet somehow the region has managed to adapt and grow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
And while spring and summer were relatively dry for much of the UK, winter was much wetter than usual, raising questions about how effectively water is being managed.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Once he’s managed to hurl himself past the surf to rest atop an underwater cliff, the darkness below is as scary as if we’d regressed into primordial prey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Treatments designed to eliminate amyloid plaques have significantly changed how Alzheimer's is managed in recent years.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
Katherine must have managed to hit the right buttons, because Curtis Rathbone disappeared from sight.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
