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management

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmæn.ɪdʒ.mənt/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈmæn.ɪdʒ.mənt/
  • /ˈmæn.ədʒ.mənt/ weak vowel merger
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • India, North: /mæːˈneːdʒ.menʈ/
  • India, South: /ˈmæː.ne(ː)dʒ.menʈ/
  • General-South-African: /məˈneɪdʒ.mənt/
  • CMU ARPABET: M AE1 N AH0 JH M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: M AE1 N IH0 JH M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Administration; the use of limited resources combined with forecasting, planning, leadership and execution skills to achieve predetermined specific goals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The executives of an organisation, especially senior executives.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Judicious use of means to accomplish an end.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • Excellent time management helped her succeed in all facets of her life.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The prosecuting side in an impeachment trial (as opposed to the respondent or defending side).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the act of managing something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he was given overall management of the program
  • is the direction of the economy a function of government?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: direction

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: social control

Narrower terms: conducting, database management, finance, homemaking, misconduct, mismanagement, misdirection, treatment, handling, supervision, supervising, superintendence, oversight, administration, disposal, authorization, authorisation, empowerment, disenfranchisement, channelization, channelisation, canalization, canalisation, guidance, steering

6

noun

Meaning 6

those in charge of running a business

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation

Narrower terms: house

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh2-der. Proto-Italic *manus Latin manus Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Latin -izāre Vulgar Latin *manizāre Old Italian maneggiareder.? Old French manegebor. Middle English *manage English manage Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English management From manage + -ment.

Across languages

Translations

181 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: menaxhim — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Arabic: إِدَارَة (ʔidāra) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Armenian: կառավարում (kaṙavarum) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Armenian: մենեջմենթ (meneǰmentʻ) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Azerbaijani: menecment — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Azerbaijani: idarə — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Belarusian: ме́неджмент (mjénjedžmjent) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Belarusian: мэ́нэджмэнт (ménedžment) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Belarusian: кірава́нне (kiravánnje) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Belarusian: кірава́ньне (kiravánʹnje) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Belarusian: праўле́нне (prawljénnje) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Belarusian: праўле́ньне (prawljénʹnje) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Bulgarian: ме́ниджмънт (ménidžmǎnt) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Bulgarian: управле́ние (upravlénie) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Catalan: administració — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Catalan: gestió — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 經營 /经营 (jīngyíng) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 管理 (guǎnlǐ) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Czech: řízení — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Czech: management — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Danish: drift — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Danish: administration — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Dutch: management — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Dutch: administratie — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Dutch: beheer — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Dutch: bestuur — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Dutch: directie — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Finnish: johtaminen — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Finnish: hallinto — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Finnish: yritysjohtaminen — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • French: administration — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • French: gestion — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • French: gérance — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • French: direction — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Galician: administración — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Georgian: მენეჯმენტი (meneǯmenṭi) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Georgian: მართვა (martva) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Georgian: ადმინისტრაცია (adminisṭracia) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Georgian: ხელმძღვანელობა (xelmʒɣvaneloba) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Georgian: წარმართვა (c̣armartva) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Georgian: გაძღოლა (gaʒɣola) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • German: Verwaltung — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • German: Führung — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • German: Handhabung — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • German: Leitung — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • German: Regie — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • German: Management — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Greek: διοίκηση (dioíkisi) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Greek: διαχείριση (diacheírisi) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Greek: μάνατζμεντ (mánatzment) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Ancient Greek: χειρισμός (kheirismós) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Hindi: प्रबंधन (prabandhan) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Hungarian: ügyintézés — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Hungarian: menedzsment — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Indonesian: manajemen — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Indonesian: pengelolaan — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Irish: reachtas — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Irish: riar — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Irish: bainistiú — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Irish: bainistíocht — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Irish: bainisteoireacht — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Italian: amministrazione — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Italian: direzione — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Italian: gestione — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Japanese: 管理 (kanri) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Kazakh: менеджмент (menedjment) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Kazakh: басқарма (basqarma) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Korean: 관리 (gwalli) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Kyrgyz: менеджмент (menedjment) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Kyrgyz: башкармалык (başkarmalık) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Kyrgyz: башкарма (başkarma) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Lao: ການຈັດການ (kān chat kān) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Latin: procuratio — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Latin: tractātiō — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Latvian: vadībzinība — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Lithuanian: vadyba — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Macedonian: управување (upravuvanje) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Macedonian: раководење (rakovodenje) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Macedonian: менаџмент (menadžment) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Malay: pengurusan — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Malayalam: മേൽനോട്ടം (mēlnōṭṭaṁ) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Malayalam: മാനേജ്മെന്റ് (mānējmenṟŭ) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Māori: rōpū whakahaere — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Mongolian: удирдлага (udirdlaga) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Mongolian: менеджмент (menedžment) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Navajo: naachʼid — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ledelse — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forvaltning — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: forvalting — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: forvaltning — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Iranian Persian: مُدیرِیَّت (modiriyyat) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Iranian Persian: اِدارِه (edâre) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Polish: zarządzanie — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Portuguese: administração — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Portuguese: gerência — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Russian: управле́ние (upravlénije) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Russian: ме́неджмент (mɛ́nɛdžment, ménɛdžment) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Scottish Gaelic: stiùireadh — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Scottish Gaelic: riaghladh — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̀правља̄ње — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Serbo-Croatian: мѐнаџмент — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùpravljānje — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Serbo-Croatian: mènadžment — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Slovak: manažment — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Slovak: riadenie — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Slovene: menedžment — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Slovene: upravljanje — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Spanish: administración — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Spanish: gestión — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Spanish: gerenciamiento — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Spanish: gerenteo — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Swahili: menejimenti — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Swedish: styrelse — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Swedish: skötsel — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Swedish: ledning — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Tajik: мудирият (mudiriyat) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Tajik: идора (idora) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Thai: การจัดการ (gaan-jàt-gaan) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Turkish: idare — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Turkish: idarecilik — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Ottoman Turkish: اداره (idâre) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Ottoman Turkish: سیاست (siyâset) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Ottoman Turkish: زمام (zimâm) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Ukrainian: управлі́ння (upravlínnja) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Ukrainian: ме́неджмент (ménedžment) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Ukrainian: керува́ння (keruvánnja) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Urdu: اِنْتِظام (intizām) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Uzbek: boshqarma — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Uzbek: idora — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Vietnamese: sự quản lý — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Yiddish: אַדמיניסטראַציע (administratsye) — administration; the process or practice of managing
  • Belarusian: кіраўні́цтва (kirawníctva) — the executives of an organisation
  • Bulgarian: ръково́дство (rǎkovódstvo) — the executives of an organisation
  • Bulgarian: управле́ние (upravlénie) — the executives of an organisation
  • Catalan: direcció — the executives of an organisation
  • Catalan: gerència — the executives of an organisation
  • Danish: ledelse — the executives of an organisation
  • Danish: bestyrelse — the executives of an organisation
  • Danish: direktion — the executives of an organisation
  • Dutch: management — the executives of an organisation
  • Dutch: bestuur — the executives of an organisation
  • Finnish: johto — the executives of an organisation
  • Galician: dirección — the executives of an organisation
  • Georgian: მენეჯმენტი (meneǯmenṭi) — the executives of an organisation
  • Georgian: ადმინისტრაცია (adminisṭracia) — the executives of an organisation
  • Georgian: მმართველობა (mmartveloba) — the executives of an organisation
  • Georgian: დირექცია (direkcia) — the executives of an organisation
  • Georgian: ხელმძღვანელობა (xelmʒɣvaneloba) — the executives of an organisation
  • Hungarian: vezetőség — the executives of an organisation
  • Indonesian: direksi — the executives of an organisation
  • Indonesian: manajemen — the executives of an organisation
  • Indonesian: pengelola — the executives of an organisation
  • Italian: dirigenza — the executives of an organisation
  • Māori: rōpū whakahaere — the executives of an organisation
  • Mongolian: удирдлага (udirdlaga) — the executives of an organisation
  • Mongolian: захиргаа (zaxirgaa) — the executives of an organisation
  • Iranian Persian: مُدیرِیَّت (modiriyyat) — the executives of an organisation
  • Russian: руково́дство (rukovódstvo) — the executives of an organisation
  • Russian: управле́ние (upravlénije) — the executives of an organisation
  • Spanish: dirección — the executives of an organisation
  • Spanish: gerencia — the executives of an organisation
  • Swahili: menejimenti — the executives of an organisation
  • Swedish: ledning — the executives of an organisation
  • Swedish: styrelse — the executives of an organisation
  • Swedish: direktion — the executives of an organisation
  • Tajik: мудирият (mudiriyat) — the executives of an organisation
  • Turkish: yönetim — the executives of an organisation
  • Ukrainian: керівни́цтво (kerivnýctvo) — the executives of an organisation
  • Catalan: maneig — judicious use of means
  • Catalan: gestió — judicious use of means
  • Catalan: administració — judicious use of means
  • Dutch: beheersing — judicious use of means
  • Finnish: hallinta — judicious use of means
  • French: gestion — judicious use of means
  • Hungarian: gazdálkodás — judicious use of means
  • Latin: tractātiō — judicious use of means
  • Portuguese: administração — judicious use of means
  • Spanish: administración — judicious use of means
  • Spanish: manejo — judicious use of means
  • Spanish: gestión — judicious use of means
  • Spanish: organización — judicious use of means
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