Collocations for manage - verb
1. succeed in doing sth
ADVERB
nicely,
perfectly well (esp. BrE),
very well
I can manage perfectly well on my own, thank you.
I can manage perfectly well on my own, thank you.
successfully
skilfully/skillfully
He skilfully/skillfully managed to keep the aircraft on the runway.
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.
miraculously
somehow
barely
Paul barely managed to stifle a chuckle.
easily
He easily managed to disarm his attacker.
He easily managed to disarm his attacker.
financially
(BrE)
She was finding it difficult to manage financially.
She was finding it difficult to manage financially.
VERB + manage
be able to,
can
Can you manage?
Can you manage?
have to
We'll just have to manage somehow.
We'll just have to manage somehow.
be difficult to
be easy to
be easy to
PREPOSITION
on
I don't know how they manage on only £100 a week.
I don't know how they manage on only £100 a week.
without
I can manage without a dishwasher.
I can manage without a dishwasher.
2. control/direct sb/sth
ADVERB
effectively,
efficiently,
properly,
successfully,
well
carefully
closely, tightly
an exchange rate system that will be tightly managed by the central bank
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.
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.
We will actively manage your portfolio to maximize the return on your investment.
sustainably
All our tropical timber products come from sustainably managed sources.
All our tropical timber products come from sustainably managed sources.
centrally,
remotely
jointly
privately
jointly
privately
VERB + manage
be difficult to
The children were very difficult to manage.
The children were very difficult to manage.
be easy to
learn (how) to
You need to learn how to manage your time effectively.
learn (how) to
You need to learn how to manage your time effectively.
Manage is used with these nouns as the subject:
trust
trust
Manage 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, 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
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, 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