managed
- 1Simple past and past participle of manage.
The new director managed three departments at once during the merger.
He had managed the family business for years before selling it.
Note
One regular -ed spelling does double duty: it is the finite past (she managed the team) and the participle after have or be (has managed, was well managed). Only the transitive meanings, such as directing, handling and wielding, can turn passive. The intransitive "succeed despite difficulty" use usually takes a to-infinitive (we managed to finish). The same frame can turn ironic: he managed to lose his keys again.
Despite the storm, we managed to reach the harbor before dark.
Somehow he managed to lock himself out of the house twice in one week.
managed is a form of manage
manage, verb: To direct or be in charge of a person, group, or organization. Full entry
- Spelling
- manage → managed: add -d
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