management

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English

Etymology

From manage +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmænɪd͡ʒmənt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmænɪd͡ʒmənt/
  • (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /ˈmænəd͡ʒmənt/
• (General South African) IPA^(key): /mənˈeɪd͡ʒmənt/

Noun

management (usually uncountable, plural managements)

1. (uncountable) Administration; the use of limited resources combined with forecasting, planning, leadership and execution skills to achieve predetermined specific goals.
2. The executives of an organisation, especially senior executives.
3. (uncountable) Judicious use of means to accomplish an end.

Synonyms

• (process or practice of managing): mgt, mgmt, mgmt., Mgmt., mng't

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Translations

References

• "management" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 189.
• “management”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• management in Britannica Dictionary
• management in Macmillan Collocations Dictionary
• management in Sentence collocations by Cambridge Dictionary
• management in Ozdic collocation dictionary
• management in WordReference English Collocations

Further reading

• management on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English management.

Pronunciation

Noun

management m inan

1. (management) management

   Synonym: řízení

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English management.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧nage‧ment

Noun

management n (uncountable)

1. (management) management

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English management.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.na(d)ʒ.mɑ̃/, /ma.nadʒ.mɛnt/

Noun

management m (plural managements)

1. (management) management

Further reading

• “management”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English management.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.nad͡ʒ.ment/, /ˈmɛ.nad͡ʒ.ment/, /ˈmɛ.ned͡ʒ.ment/, /ˈmɛ.nid͡ʒ.ment/
• Rhymes: -anadʒment, -ɛnadʒment, -ɛnedʒment, -ɛnidʒment

Noun

management m (invariable)

1. (management) management

References

Further reading

• management in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English management.

Noun

management n (uncountable)

1. management

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English management.

Noun

management m (plural managements)

1. management