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managerial en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Georgia) audio
• [ˌmɛənəˈd͡ʒɪɹi.əl] (Canada, General-American) /æ/ raising
• /ˌmænəˈd͡ʒɪɹi.əl/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˌmænɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹi.əl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Latin manus Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Latin -izāre Vulgar Latin *manizāre Old Italian maneggiareder.? Old French manegebor. Middle English *manage English manage Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English manager Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English managerial From manager + -ial.

Meanings

1. Of or relating to a manager or management; involving management-like duties.
   • Annesley, at all events, saw an important-looking gentleman with a managerial air. He listened gravely and patiently to his visitor's recital and then struck a desk-bell. 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
   • I left the kitchen and went over to Chuckʼs desk, feeling very managerial when I asked him to show me his progress. 2019, Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie, Trapeze, page 256:
   • As I crisscrossed managerial circles in different corporations, becoming known in some segments of the corporate world and running into managers that I had met in the course of my search, often in odd places, my personal contacts increased as managers referred me to each other. 1988, Robert Jackall, “Chapter 1: Moral Probations, Old and New”, in Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers, Twentieth Anniversary edition, →ISBN, page 15:
   • The game was much bigger than it would have been before England’s managerial handover from Southgate, Carsley the focus of plenty of the attention. 2024 September 7, David Hytner, “Rice and Grealish start new England era with Nations League victory in Ireland”, in The Guardian:
   • Terry Gourvish, the lead author if the authorised commercial history of BR, described the new BTC structure thus: "The conclusion must be that the combination of a few undynamic railwaymen, underpaid full-timers (Commission and General Staff) and poorly-paid part-time businessmen was not a very potent managerial cocktail." 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, page 38:

Forms

Deriveds

technomanagerial · managerially · unmanagerial · managerialism · managerialize · managerialist · managerialise · micromanagerial · nonmanagerial

Relateds

management

Translations (27)

fr managérial (involving management-like duties) · ru ме́неджерский (involving management-like duties) · pt gerencial (involving management-like duties) · sv manageriell (involving management-like duties) · de leitend (involving management-like duties) · fi johto- (involving management-like duties) · de Führungs- (involving management-like duties) · hu igazgatói (involving management-like duties) · ko 관리의 (involving management-like duties) · it dirigenziale (involving management-like duties) · ka მენეჯერული (involving management-like duties) · fi johtamis- (involving management-like duties) · ga bainisteoireach (involving management-like duties) · cmn 經理的 /经理的 (involving management-like duties) · pl kierowniczy (involving management-like duties) · cmn 管理人的 (involving management-like duties) · es gerencial (involving management-like duties) · fur manageriâl (involving management-like duties) · de Management- (involving management-like duties) · ka სამენეჯერო (involving management-like duties) · la prōcūrātōrius (involving management-like duties) · mk раководителски (involving management-like duties) · de Manager- (involving management-like duties) · fur dirigjenziâl (involving management-like duties) · io direktala (involving management-like duties) · it manageriale (involving management-like duties) · ca directiu (involving management-like duties)