Basic Details
Word: Manager
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: A person who is in charge of a business, a shop, a department or a team, and organises the people who work in it.
Synonyms: supervisor, head, boss, director
How to Spell Manager
Syllables: man - a - ger
Tricky part: The middle vowel is a, though it is hardly heard. The g is soft, and the word ends in er, not ar.
Watch out for: maneger, managar, mannager
Memory tip: A manager is someone who can manage: write manage and add r.
Usage Examples
Example 1: The bank manager explained how to open a savings account.
Example 2: Our football team's manager picked me for the final.
Example 3: The manager of the canteen added idli to the breakfast menu.
Fun Fact
Manage came into English from Italian maneggiare, 'to handle', which was first used for handling and training horses.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the word closest in meaning to manager as used in the sentence:
The hotel manager apologised and moved us to a quieter room on the top floor.
a) supervisor
b) customer
c) tenant
d) traveller
Show answer
a) supervisor. A manager oversees the staff, as a supervisor does; the other three are people who use the hotel.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Our cricket team's new maneger insisted that every player reach the ground an hour before practice, even during the hottest weeks of May.
a) maneger
b) insisted
c) hottest
d) practice
Show answer
a) maneger. Hear the word manage inside it: m-a-n-a-g-e, then r.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:
The geanram of the bookshop let us read comics in the corner.
a) anagram
b) meagre
c) manager
d) manger
Show answer
c) manager. Count the letters: seven, with two a's and one e. Anagram has three a's and no e, manger is a letter short and meagre needs a second e.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A manager's main job is to ____.
a) repair the shop machines
b) deliver goods to homes
c) teach the staff to read
d) organise the work of a team
Show answer
d) organise the work of a team
2. Who would a shop assistant report to?
a) a passing customer
b) a neighbour
c) the shop manager
d) the delivery driver
Show answer
c) the shop manager
