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MANAGER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("manager" is a kind of...):
trainer (one who trains other persons or animals)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "manager"):
baseball coach; baseball manager (a coach of baseball players)
basketball coach (a coach of basketball players)
conditioner (a trainer of athletes)
football coach (a coach of football players)
hockey coach (a coach of hockey players)
tennis coach (a coach of tennis players)
Instance hyponyms:
John Joseph McGraw; John McGraw; McGraw (United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934))
Derivation:
manage (watch and direct)
managership (the position of manager)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who controls resources and expenditures
Synonyms:
director; manager; managing director
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("manager" is a kind of...):
administrator; decision maker (someone who administers a business)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "manager"):
bank manager (manager of a branch office of a bank)
district manager (a manager who supervises the sales activity for a district)
manageress (a woman manager)
Derivation:
manage (watch and direct)
managerial (of or relating to the function or responsibility or activity of management)
managership (the position of manager)
Context examples:
While mission managers were confident Cassini would pass through the gap successfully, they took extra precautions with this first dive, as the region had never been explored.
(Cassini Spacecraft Dives Between Saturn and Its Rings, NASA)
Understanding how forest structure drives carbon sequestration is important for ecologists, climate modelers and forest managers, who are working on ways to mitigate climate change.
(Structural complexity in forests improves carbon capture, National Science Foundation)
By understanding the factors that contribute to alligators' meanderings, environmental managers can gain a better understanding of alligators' place in coastal ecosystems.
(Alligators, rulers of the swamps, link marine and freshwater ecosystems, NSF)
A person who helps a patient work with others who have an effect on the patient's health, including doctors, insurance companies, employers, case managers, and lawyers.
(Patient advocate, NCI Dictionary)
The College focuses on providing educational, funding, peer resources/networking support and opportunity for oncology administrators and managers in all types of healthcare institutions.
(American College of Oncology Administrators, NCI Thesaurus)
Performing or possessing executive duties; acting as a supervisor or manager.
(Administration, Management, NCI Thesaurus)
The individual assigned to be the primary care manager overseeing a patient's medical care during an episode of hospitalization.
(Attending Health Care Provider, NCI Thesaurus)
Contrary to recent reports, NASA's Cassini spacecraft is not experiencing unexplained deviations in its orbit around Saturn, according to mission managers and orbit determination experts at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
(Saturn Spacecraft Not Affected by Hypothetical Planet 9, NASA)
Mule deer populations are closely monitored and counted by biologists and land managers, in part to determine population trends over time, which helps them set the proper number of hunting permits to issue.
(Tracking Deer by NASA Satellite, NASA)
Forest scientists and resource managers should therefore keep in mind the ecosystem role of small herbivores like snowshoe hares.
(Race across the tundra: White spruce vs. snowshoe hare, National Science Foundation)
