Manages

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Directs or controls the operation or administration of an organization or effort
2. Is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the functions of a group or enterprise
3. Handles the planning and execution necessary to keep a project or business running smoothly

Etymology: "Manage" began as a horse-riding term. Old French "manege" meant the handling or training of a horse, horsemanship, and the arena where it took place, and the English word came in from that sense. Its ultimate source is the Latin "manus," meaning "hand," so the word's core idea is literally handling something with your hands. The path ran through Italy. Old Italian "maneggiare" meant "to handle, manage, touch, treat," and it came from a Vulgar Latin verb "manizare," built from "manus" plus the verb-forming suffix "-izare." Along the way the word broadened from the physical act of handling a horse to the wider business of directing affairs, which is the sense it carries today. The word has a doublet, "manege," which kept the riding meaning more closely, and English also shows the same hand-based image in the unrelated verb "handle," which likewise grew from a physical act into the sense of controlling or directing.

Synonyms: administers, directs, handles, controls, governs

Antonyms: neglects, abandons, mismanages, oversees, disregards