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Related forms
an·ti·man·age·ment, adjective, noun
non·man·age·ment, noun, adjective
pro·man·age·ment, adjective
self-man·age·ment, noun
Synonyms
1. regulation, administration; superintendence, care, charge, conduct, guidance, treatment.
1. regulation, administration; superintendence, care, charge, conduct, guidance, treatment.
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Management
is a TOEFL word you need to know.
So is jettison. Does it mean:
| to stick or fix upon a sharpened stake; to pierce with a sharpened stake thrust up through the body |
| throw away or over |
Example Sentences
- Recently one neighborhood association showed symptoms of bad management.
- Emergency management has emerged as a formal career path.
- Arbitrary top down management is always a bad idea.
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World English Dictionary
| management (ˈmænɪdʒmənt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | line management middle management See also top management the members of the executive or administration of an organization or business |
| 2. | managers or employers collectively |
| 3. | the technique, practice, or science of managing, controlling or dealing with: anger management |
| 4. | the skilful or resourceful use of materials, time, etc |
| 5. | the specific treatment of a disease, disorder, etc |
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Word Origin & History
management
1598, "act of managing," from manage (q.v.). Meaning "governing body" (originally of a theater) is from 1739. Manager is 1588 in the sense of "one who manages;" specific sense of "one who conducts a house of business or public institution" is from 1705.
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
management definition
The body of individuals who run major businesses, usually without owning them but often with the reward of stock options.
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Computing Dictionary
management definition
1. Corporate power elites distinguished primarily by their distance from actual productive work and their chronic failure to manage (see also suit). Spoken derisively, as in "*Management* decided that ...".
2. Mythically, a vast bureaucracy responsible for all the world's minor irritations. Hackers' satirical public notices are often signed "The Mgt"; this derives from the "Illuminatus!" novels.
[Jargon File]
(1995-02-28)
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