Word Finder - managing

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To direct or be in charge of.

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To handle or control (a situation, job).

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To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.).

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To succeed at an attempt.

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He managed to climb the tower.

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To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help.

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It's a tough job, but I'll manage.

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To train (a horse) in the manège; to exercise in graceful or artful action.

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To treat with care; to husband.

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To bring about; to contrive.

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Management

His father's second wife, Elizabeth Farnese, was a managing woman, who had no affection except for her own children, and who looked upon her stepson as an obstacle to their fortunes.

In 1910 he returned to England, and took up the position of managing director of the traffic combine which included the Underground Electric Railway Co.

Treatments are geared towards managing the pain and the infertility caused by the endometriosis.

For the first four or five centuries of Benedictine history there was no organic bond between any of the monasteries; each house formed an independent autonomous family, managing its own affairs and subject to no external authority or control except that of the bishop of the diocese.

In ordinary times the president may be almost compared to the managing clerk in a large business establishment, whose chief function is to select his subordinates, the policy of the concern being in the hands of the board of directors.

The bleak climate, however, the solitude, and the necessity of managing a household with a single servant, were excessively trying to a delicate woman, though Mrs Carlyle concealed from her husband the extent of her sacrifices.

They passed through much persecution, in consequence of the rising of 1745, but, after the death of their King Charles, they became as loyal as any other religious body, managing their own affairs with no more turmoil than is caused by the coexistence of the Anglican and the Laudian prayer-books, with their different forms of the communion.

He graduated at Union College in 1835, practised law in New York for several years after 1839; took up journalistic work; was joint owner (with William Cullen Bryant) and managing editor of the New York Evening Post (1849-1861); was United States consul at Paris in 1861-1864, and was minister to France in 1864-1867.

Instead of managing the land by the constant repetition of the same processes, by a customary immobility of tenure and service, by communalistic restrictions on private enterprise and will, local society began to try improvements, to escape from the bounds of champion farming.

Thus, by the nth century, the Lombard cities had become "communes," commonalties, republics, managing their own affairs, and ready for attack or defence.

He studied at the college of New Jersey (now Princeton University) from 1774 to 1776, when the institution was closed on account of the outbreak of the War of Independence; served for a short time in a New Jersey militia company; studied law at Bute Court-house, North Carolina, in 1 7771 7 80, at the same time managing his tobacco plantation; was a member of a Warren county militia company in 1780-1782, and served in the North Carolina Senate in 1781-1785.

For many years he was engaged in managing various business enterprises, and became, in 1877, president of the Boston Manufacturers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, a post which he held till his death.

The education given by the Sophists aimed at no general theory of life, but professed to expound the art of getting on in the world and of managing public affairs.

He was not a financier of genius; but he administered the public moneys with the same probity and exactitude which he used in managing his own, retrieving alienated property, straightening accounts, balancing expenditure and receipts, and amassing a reserve in the Bastille.

Thellusson superintended the bank in London (his grandson was made a peer as Lord Rendlesham), while Necker was managing partner in Paris.

His brother George Cary Eggleston (1839-), American journalist and author, served in the Confederate army; was managing editor and later editor-in-chief of Hearth and Home (1871-1874); was literary editor of the New York Evening Post (1875-1881), literary editor and afterwards editor-in-chief of the New York Commercial Advertiser (1884-1889), and editorial writer for The World (New York) from 1889 to 1900.

Darian watched the confused Grey God leave, never imagining he'd deal daily with this type of drama in addition to managing the battles against the vamps in the western hemisphere.

He manipulated the Black God like a puppet and quietly ran the vamps Jonny wasn't yet capable of managing.

The deity managing the Future was wise in the way of an ancient immortal that had seen everything since the time-before-time, yet laid back and friendly, two traits Gabe didn't expect.

Donnie, while not demonstrating textbook form, was managing nicely to remain on his skis, and not on his butt.

Hence, "managing" the traffic coming through will not succeed in meeting these objectives.

How can they find the balance between managing the risk and maintaining academic freedom?

The company led by its Managing Director, Roger Johnson, has a highly ambitious agenda of growth over the next decade.

The researchers found that sage was effective in managing moderate symptoms of the disease while also reducing agitation.

Malcolm was responsible for setting up and now managing Air Southwest the region's own low fare airline.

Managing information or creating new products has become all-important.

He has spent over thirty years with the company, rising through the ranks from a young apprentice to becoming managing director.

By progressive auto are managing these regulation is what boost rapport.

Instead of managing your e-mail while you nibble on that chicken baguette, improve your health.

I doubt that there are more than two or three behind a load balancer managing the traffic.

A line-up change in 2006 saw original bassist Nash Francis step down to continue with other projects, including still managing the bands artwork.

Indeed the step from teaching dinghy sailing to managing a Flotilla can seem a bit of a stretch.

Through deliberate acts or neglect or both, Imperial Tobacco is facilitating tobacco smuggling and managing the black market in its products.

Managing the modern bank The 1998 Bank of England Act made changes to the Bank's governing body too.

Huge bamboo towers lining the waterfront are covered with sweet buns, said to bring good fortune to anyone managing to get on.

He felt capable of managing the situation and spoke to the nursing staff, gynecology staff and the surgical registrar.

He is managing director of Peter Scott & Co Ltd, manufacturer and worldwide exporter of Scottish cashmere.

Our intent is to provide a clearinghouse of information and services specific to managing the calibration function within the manufacturing arena.

Develop methods for managing change within the e commerce context.

The use of viewpoints is widely advocated for managing the inherent complexity in enterprise architecture.

The Foundation believes that anyone, whether croft tenant or owner-occupier managing and investing in croft tenant or owner-occupier managing and investing in croft land ought to have access to the scheme.

We also believe that ACORN will prove to offer a portable, cost-effective approach to managing such electronic delivery in the future.

You will be entitled to have a meeting with the managing director or his/her authorized deputy to discuss the matter.

However, it involves both managing a large IT procurement and imposing change on the highly devolved NHS.

What's more, analog dictation systems make the efficient managing of workload among a team of secretaries extremely difficult.

Peter Strachan, managing director of Arriva Trains Wales, said his company was learning lessons from Denmark.

Child Health Health inequalities, childhood disability, clinical trials, managing diabetes for young people and behaviourally effective sex education.

Here too, Smith exposes the ironies of the politically correct do-gooders of the world, whilst managing to retain the dramatic interest.

To be a with the helpful managing editor jay that includes all.

Further improvements with the introduction of new arrangements for managing the EMC are looking encouraging.