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man.

man. is the abbreviation of manager.

man. is the abbreviation of management.

Meaning of manager

Noun

manager (plural managers)

  1. A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.
    • Although they did not want to risk wasting money, faster-climbing managers did value generosity and fair-mindedness.2009, Bernard M. Bass, Ruth Bass, The Bass Handbook of Leadership: Theory, Research, and Managerial Applications, →ISBN, page ii
  2. The head coach.
  3. An administrator, for a singer or group.
  4. A window or application whose purpose is to give the user the control over some aspect of the system.
    • a file manager; a task manager; Program Manager

Meaning of management

Noun

management (usually uncountable, plural managements)

  1. (usually) Administration; the use of limited resources combined with forecasting, planning, leadership and execution skills to achieve predetermined specific goals.
    • The help tended to be officious, the rules, if heeded, restrictive, and the management meddlesome.1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 168
    Synonyms:
    mgt, mgmt, mgmt., mng't
  2. (usually) The executives of an organisation, especially senior executives.
    • Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
  3. (usually) Judicious use of means to accomplish an end.
    • Excellent time management helped her succeed in all facets of her life.
  4. (usually) The prosecuting side in an impeachment trial (as opposed to the respondent or defending side).

Proper noun capitalized: Man.

Man.

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Manitoba: a province of Canada.

Forms of man.

alternative formMan
alternative formMAN

Origin of man.

Clipping of Manitoba.

Phrases with man.

Questions about man.

What is man. the abbreviation of?
Man. is the abbreviation of manager.
What part of speech is man.?
Man. is a proper noun.

Words near man. in the dictionary

  1. man-wolves
  2. man-woman
  3. man-women
  4. man-year
  5. man-years
  6. man.
  7. mana
  8. mana flood
  9. mana floods
  10. mana glut
  11. mana gluts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: man. (page history and authors); Man. (page history and authors); manager (page history and authors); management (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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