What does management mean?
Word: Management
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Management means the work of running and controlling a business, school or group. It also means the people who do this job.
Synonyms: control
How do you spell management?
Syllables: man - age - ment
Tricky part: Manage keeps its final e when the ending is added, even though you do not hear it.
Watch out for: manegment, managament, mannagement
Memory tip: A manager does management. Both words keep manage whole, so the e after the g never disappears.
Management in a sentence
Example 1: The hotel management gave us a free breakfast.
Example 2: Good time management helps you finish homework early.
Example 3: Ma learnt waste management at a workshop.
Fun Fact
Manage first meant handling or training a horse. It came into English from the Italian word maneggiare.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the correct suffix for the word:
manage
a) mint
b) ment
c) mend
d) mant
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b) ment. Like movement and agreement, management ends in ment.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) government
b) department
c) equippment
d) management
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c) equippment. Equipment has a single p; management, government and department are correct.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
genatmanem
a) arrangement
b) engagement
c) manageable
d) management
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d) management. Arrangement and engagement need letters that are not here, and manageable needs a b and an l.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
management
a) decoration
b) examination
c) celebration
d) administration
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d) administration. Running a business or school is its management, or administration.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Good time management means ____.
a) owning a good watch
b) arriving very early
c) working very fast
d) planning your time well
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d) planning your time well
2. The management of a company is made up of ____.
a) the people who live nearby
b) the people who deliver its goods
c) the people who run it
d) the people who buy from it
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c) the people who run it
