MANAGEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does management mean? 

• MANAGEMENT (noun)
  The noun MANAGEMENT has 2 senses:

1. the act of managing something

2. those in charge of running a business

  Familiarity information: MANAGEMENT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANAGEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of managing something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

direction; management

Context example:

is the direction of the economy a function of government?

Hypernyms ("management" is a kind of...):

social control (control exerted (actively or passively) by group action)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "management"):

conducting (the direction of an orchestra or choir)

database management (creation and maintenance of a database)

finance (the management of money and credit and banking and investments)

homemaking (the management of a household)

misconduct (bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf)

misdirection; mismanagement (management that is careless or inefficient)

handling; treatment (the management of someone or something)

oversight; superintendence; supervising; supervision (management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group)

administration; disposal (a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs))

authorisation; authorization; empowerment (the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant)

disenfranchisement (the act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise)

canalisation; canalization; channelisation; channelization (management through specified channels of communication)

guidance; steering (the act of guiding or showing the way)

Derivation:

manage (be in charge of, act on, or dispose of)

manage (watch and direct)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Those in charge of running a business

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("management" is a kind of...):

administration; brass; establishment; governance; governing body; organisation; organization (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something)

Meronyms (members of "management"):

board of directors; directorate (a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "management"):

house (the management of a gambling house or casino)

 Context examples 

I mentioned the prudent management of our treasury; the valour and achievements of our forces, by sea and land.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Unsuccessful management of symptoms may prompt a return to nicotine use.

(Nicotine Withdrawal, NCI Thesaurus)

Chemotherapy is rare and surgical management is generally dependent on the genetic expression in individual patients.

(Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

On the next occasion, in the midst of my laughter, I put my handkerchief up to my eyes, and was able with a little management to see all that there was behind me.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A proprietary information and image management system designed to oversee oncology care.

(ARIA Oncology Information System, NCI Thesaurus)

We all felt that we had a part in the management of the place, and in sustaining its character and dignity.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Computer systems designed to assist in the management and processing of nursing data including decision support systems to support the practice of nursing and the delivery of nursing care.

(Nursing Information System, NCI Thesaurus)

The levels of plastics are relatively low on Australia’s reefs, where there is much better waste management.

(Plastic debris linked to coral disease, death, SciDev.Net)

Also called palliative care, supportive care, and symptom management.

(Comfort care, NCI Dictionary)

Because mountain watersheds provide large reservoirs of water, the new findings are relevant to water resource management throughout the U.S.

(Study explores how rock expands near soil surface in Sierra Nevada, National Science Foundation)