- manage
- verb1 succeed in doing sthADVERB▪ nicely, perfectly well (esp. BrE), very well▪
I can manage perfectly well on my own, thank you.
▪ successfully▪ skilfully/skillfully▪He skilfully/skillfully managed to keep the aircraft on the runway.
▪ eventually, finally▪ miraculously▪ somehow▪ barely▪Paul barely managed to stifle a chuckle.
▪ easily▪He easily managed to disarm his attacker.
▪ financially (BrE)▪She was finding it difficult to manage financially.
VERB + MANAGE▪ be able to, can▪Can you manage?
▪ have to▪We'll just have to manage somehow.
▪ be difficult to▪ be easy toPREPOSITION▪ on▪I don't know how they manage on only £100 a week.
▪ without▪I can manage without a dishwasher.
PHRASES▪ manage on your own2 control/direct sb/sthADVERB▪ effectively, efficiently, properly, successfully, well▪ carefully▪ closely, tightly▪an exchange rate system that will be tightly managed by the central bank
▪ professionally▪ badly▪ easily▪The condition can be easily managed by simple dietary adjustments.
▪ actively▪We will actively manage your portfolio to maximize the return on your investment.
▪ sustainably▪All our tropical timber products come from sustainably managed sources.
▪ centrally, remotely▪ jointly▪ privatelyVERB + MANAGE▪ be difficult to▪The children were very difficult to manage.
▪ be easy to▪ learn (how) to▪You need to learn how to manage your time effectively.
Manage is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑trustManage is used with these nouns as the object: ↑affair, ↑asset, ↑bar, ↑budget, ↑business, ↑cafe, ↑campaign, ↑company, ↑conflict, ↑crisis, ↑data, ↑debt, ↑department, ↑disease, ↑economy, ↑emotion, ↑employee, ↑enterprise, ↑estate, ↑expectation, ↑facility, ↑factory, ↑farm, ↑feat, ↑finance, ↑firm, ↑flow, ↑forest, ↑fund, ↑grin, ↑group, health service, ↑hotel, ↑household, ↑illness, ↑inventory, ↑laugh, ↑network, ↑office, ↑pain, ↑park, ↑plant, ↑problem, ↑project, ↑railway, ↑relationship, ↑resource, ↑restaurant, ↑risk, ↑smile, ↑stress, ↑system, ↑team, ↑traffic, ↑trust, ↑waste, ↑workload
Collocations dictionary. 2013.