Past tense of manage
regular verb
The past tense of manage is managed. The past participle is also managed.
Forms of manage
| Base form (V1) | manage /ˈmæn.ɪd͡ʒ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | managed /ˈmæn.ɪd͡ʒd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | managed /ˈmæn.ɪd͡ʒd/ |
| Present participle | managing /ˈmæn.ɪ.d͡ʒɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | manages /ˈmæn.ɪ.d͡ʒɪz/ |
Managed in a sentence
- Interlaken East station is jointly owned with the standard gauge Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon Railway from Bern and Thun and the Swiss Federal Railways metre-gauge Brünig line from Lucerne, but is managed and staffed by the Bernese Oberland group.1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 750
- The government managed the inflation very poorly.
- I managed to murmur some words of consolation as I left the funeral.From the entry word
- Under color of law, he managed to bilk taxpayers of millions of dollars.From the entry color
- Heartless managed the scale the first jump but fell over the second.From the entry jump
Meaning of manage
- verb To direct or be in charge of.
- verb To handle or control (a situation, job).
- verb To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.).
Questions about the past tense of manage
- What is the past tense of manage?
- The past tense of manage is managed.
- What is the past participle of manage?
- The past participle of manage is managed.
- Is manage a regular or irregular verb?
- Manage is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: manage (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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