Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Management; control; direction.
- Having or responsible for the management or direction of some work; having executive control or authority: as, a managing clerk; a managing editor.
- Characterized by careful or judicious management; hence, frugal; economical; artful in contrivance; scheming; as, she is a managing women; a managing mama.
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- verb Present participle of
manage .
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Examples
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Stuart Salt, Linklaters 'London-based managing partner for emerging Europe, Middle East and North Africa, will take over as Asia managing partner next month.
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The power that comes with being a managing director, for example, only lasts as long as the person has the title managing director.
The Leader Who Had No Title Robin Sharma 2010
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I have deliberately used the word managing here together with the words strategy and planning because the present/future dichotomy goes into all aspects of managerial work.
Managing with Dual Strategies Derek F. Abell 1993
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Scott Stevens, who bears the title managing director, is also the group's designer and tech director; he's been involved from the earliest days, when he was a student at the University of Iowa.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Scott Stevens, who bears the title managing director, is also the group's designer and tech director; he's been involved from the earliest days, when he was a student at the University of Iowa.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Scott Stevens, who bears the title managing director, is also the group's designer and tech director; he's been involved from the earliest days, when he was a student at the University of Iowa.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Scott Stevens, who bears the title managing director, is also the group's designer and tech director; he's been involved from the earliest days, when he was a student at the University of Iowa.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Scott Stevens, who bears the title managing director, is also the group's designer and tech director; he's been involved from the earliest days, when he was a student at the University of Iowa.
Chicago Reader 2009
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"We have already laid off 15 per cent at our bank this year but there will be more pain to come as the banking industry shrinks by 40 per cent," says Michael, one of 1,100 section heads with the title managing director at his investment bank.
Signs of the Times 2008
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Craig Matters, one of the highest-ranking editors at Fortune, another Time Inc. magazine, will take over at Money, with the title managing editor.
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