Meanings
nounmanagement (usually uncountable, plural managements)
plural managements
- uncountableusuallyAdministration; the use of limited resources combined with forecasting, planning, leadership and execution skills to achieve predetermined specific goals.
The help tended to be officious, the rules, if heeded, restrictive, and the management meddlesome.
1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 168 - uncountableusuallyThe executives of an organisation, especially senior executives.
Management has been lazy, too—management has found it easier to hire an additional five hundred men than to so improve its methods that one hundred men of the old force could be released to other work. The public was paying, and business was booming, and management didn't care a pin.
1922, Henry Ford, Samuel Crowther, My Life and Work, Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., →OCLC, page 2591 more example
Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC - uncountableusuallyJudicious use of means to accomplish an end.
Excellent time management helped her succeed in all facets of her life.
- uncountableusuallyThe prosecuting side in an impeachment trial (as opposed to the respondent or defending side).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAdministration; the use of limited resources combined with forecasting, planning, leadership and execution skills to achieve predetermined specific goals.
Narrower
adaptive managementadvanced traffic managementanger managementantimanagementapplication lifecycle managementasset managementbrand managementchange managementcollaborative project managementcomanagementcredit managementcrew resource managementcrisis managementcritical incident stress managementcross-platform application managementdata managementdependency managementdigital restrictions managementdigital rights managementdisease managementecomanagemententerprise feedback managementfacility managementfinancial managementgeneral managementhuman resource managementhuman resources managementinformation managementintegrated pest managementinventory managementknowledge managementline managementmalmanagementmanagement by exceptionmanagement by walking aboutmanagement by walking aroundman managementmaster data managementmatrix managementmicromanagement
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)meh₂-
- Proto-Italic*manus
- Latinmanus
- Vulgar Latin*manizāre
- Old Italianmaneggiareder.?
- Old Frenchmanege
- Middle English*manage
- Englishmanage
- Englishmanagement
Translations
Ancient Greek χειρισμός, διαχείρισις
- χειρισμός (kheirismós)administration; the process or practice of managing
- διαχείρισις (diakheírisis)administration; the process or practice of managing
Arabic إِدَارَة
- إِدَارَة (ʔidāra)administration; the process or practice of managing
Bulgarian ме́ниджмънт, управле́ние
- ме́ниджмънт (ménidžmănt)administration; the process or practice of managing
- управле́ние (upravlénie)administration; the process or practice of managing
- ръково́дство (răkovódstvo)the executives of an organisation
- управле́ние (upravlénie)the executives of an organisation
Catalan administració, gestió
- administracióadministration; the process or practice of managing
- gestióadministration; the process or practice of managing
- direccióthe executives of an organisation
- gerènciathe executives of an organisation
- maneigjudicious use of means
- gestiójudicious use of means
- administraciójudicious use of means
Chinese Mandarin 經營 /经营, 管理
- 經營 /经营 (jīngyíng)administration; the process or practice of managing
- 管理 (guǎnlǐ)administration; the process or practice of managing
Czech řízení, management
- řízeníadministration; the process or practice of managing
- managementadministration; the process or practice of managing
Danish drift, administration
- driftadministration; the process or practice of managing
- administrationadministration; the process or practice of managing
- ledelsethe executives of an organisation
- bestyrelsethe executives of an organisation
- direktionthe executives of an organisation
Dutch management, administratie
- managementadministration; the process or practice of managing
- administratieadministration; the process or practice of managing
- beheeradministration; the process or practice of managing
- bestuuradministration; the process or practice of managing
- directieadministration; the process or practice of managing
- managementthe executives of an organisation
- bestuurthe executives of an organisation
- beheersingjudicious use of means
Finnish johtaminen, hallinto
- johtaminenadministration; the process or practice of managing
- hallintoadministration; the process or practice of managing
- yritysjohtaminenadministration; the process or practice of managing
- johtothe executives of an organisation
- hallintajudicious use of means
French administration, gestion
- administrationadministration; the process or practice of managing
- gestionadministration; the process or practice of managing
- géranceadministration; the process or practice of managing
- directionadministration; the process or practice of managing
- gestionjudicious use of means
German Verwaltung, Führung
- Verwaltungadministration; the process or practice of managing
- Führungadministration; the process or practice of managing
- Handhabungadministration; the process or practice of managing
- Leitungadministration; the process or practice of managing
- Regieadministration; the process or practice of managing
- Managementadministration; the process or practice of managing
Greek διοίκηση, διαχείριση
- διοίκηση (dioíkisi)administration; the process or practice of managing
- διαχείριση (diacheírisi)administration; the process or practice of managing
- μάνατζμεντ (mánatzment)administration; the process or practice of managing
Hindi प्रबंधन
- प्रबंधन (prabandhan)administration; the process or practice of managing
Hungarian ügyintézés, menedzsment
- ügyintézésadministration; the process or practice of managing
- menedzsmentadministration; the process or practice of managing
- vezetőségthe executives of an organisation
- gazdálkodásjudicious use of means
Indonesian pengelolaan, bestir
- pengelolaanadministration; the process or practice of managing
- bestirthe executives of an organisation
- direksithe executives of an organisation
- manajementhe executives of an organisation
- pengelolathe executives of an organisation
Irish reachtas, riar
- reachtasadministration; the process or practice of managing
- riaradministration; the process or practice of managing
- bainistiúadministration; the process or practice of managing
- bainistíochtadministration; the process or practice of managing
- bainisteoireachtadministration; the process or practice of managing
Italian amministrazione, direzione
- amministrazioneadministration; the process or practice of managing
- direzioneadministration; the process or practice of managing
- gestioneadministration; the process or practice of managing
- dirigenzathe executives of an organisation
Japanese 管理
- 管理 (kanri)administration; the process or practice of managing
Korean 관리
- 관리 (gwalli)administration; the process or practice of managing
Latin procuratio, tractātiō
- procuratioadministration; the process or practice of managing
- tractātiōadministration; the process or practice of managing
- tractātiōjudicious use of means
Latvian vadībzinība
- vadībzinībaadministration; the process or practice of managing
Lithuanian vadyba
- vadybaadministration; the process or practice of managing
Malay pengurusan, pengurus
- pengurusanadministration; the process or practice of managing
- pengurusthe executives of an organisation
Māori rōpū whakahaere, rōpū whakahaere
- rōpū whakahaereadministration; the process or practice of managing
- rōpū whakahaerethe executives of an organisation
Norwegian Bokmål ledelse, forvaltning
- ledelseadministration; the process or practice of managing
- forvaltningadministration; the process or practice of managing
Polish zarządzanie
- zarządzanieadministration; the process or practice of managing
Portuguese administração, gerência
- administraçãoadministration; the process or practice of managing
- gerênciaadministration; the process or practice of managing
- administraçãojudicious use of means
Russian управле́ние, ме́неджмент
- управле́ние (upravlénije)administration; the process or practice of managing
- ме́неджмент (mɛ́nɛdžment, ménɛdžment)administration; the process or practice of managing
- руково́дство (rukovódstvo)the executives of an organisation
- управле́ние (upravlénije)the executives of an organisation
Scottish Gaelic stiùireadh, riaghladh
- stiùireadhadministration; the process or practice of managing
- riaghladhadministration; the process or practice of managing
Slovak manažment, riadenie
- manažmentadministration; the process or practice of managing
- riadenieadministration; the process or practice of managing
Spanish gestión, gerenciamiento
- gestiónadministration; the process or practice of managing
- gerenciamientoadministration; the process or practice of managing
- gerenteoadministration; the process or practice of managing
- gerenciathe executives of an organisation
- gestiónjudicious use of means
Swahili menejimenti, menejimenti
- menejimentiadministration; the process or practice of managing
- menejimentithe executives of an organisation
Swedish styrelse, skötsel
- styrelseadministration; the process or practice of managing
- skötseladministration; the process or practice of managing
- ledningadministration; the process or practice of managing
- ledningthe executives of an organisation
- styrelsethe executives of an organisation
- direktionthe executives of an organisation
Thai การจัดการ
- การจัดการ (gaan-jàt-gaan)administration; the process or practice of managing
Turkish idare, idarecilik
- idareadministration; the process or practice of managing
- idarecilikadministration; the process or practice of managing
- yönetimthe executives of an organisation
Ukrainian управлі́ння, ме́неджмент
- управлі́ння (upravlínnja)administration; the process or practice of managing
- ме́неджмент (ménedžment)administration; the process or practice of managing
- керува́ння (keruvánnja)administration; the process or practice of managing
- керівни́цтво (kerivnýctvo)the executives of an organisation
Urdu اِنْتِظام, کار پَرْدازی
- اِنْتِظام (intizām)administration; the process or practice of managing
- کار پَرْدازی (kār pardāzī)administration; the process or practice of managing
- اِنْصِرام (insirām)administration; the process or practice of managing
- اِنْتِظامِیات (intizāmiyāt)administration; the process or practice of managing
Vietnamese sự quản lý
- sự quản lýadministration; the process or practice of managing
Yiddish אַדמיניסטראַציע
- אַדמיניסטראַציע (administratsye)administration; the process or practice of managing
Cite this entry
APA
management. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/management
MLA
“management.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/management. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “management,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/management.
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