manager
[noun]
Synonyms: supervisor, administrator, boss (informal), director, executive, governor, head, organizer

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Related Words: handler, impresario, producer

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English Thesaurus: boss, manager, head, chief, president, ...

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man‧ag‧er S1 W1 /ˈmænɪdʒə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: management, manager, manageability, manageress; adjective: manageable ≠ unmanageable, managerial; verb: manage]

1. someone whose job is to manage part or all of a company or other organization
bank/sales/project etc manager
She’s now assistant marketing manager for the south east area.
one of our regional managers
manager of
the general manager of Chevrolet
a middle manager in a computer company (=someone who manages a small part of a company) ⇒ line manager

2. someone who is in charge of training and organizing a sports team:
the new England manager
manager of
the manager of Lazio

3. someone who is in charge of the business affairs of a singer, an actor etc

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

manager
noun
I. controls an organization/part of an organization
ADJ. assistant, junior, middle, senior | general | accountable, responsible Each programme is discussed with the responsible manager. A product manager is responsible for product profitability.
bank, business, commercial, corporate | area, branch, departmental, divisional, office, regional | functional, operations, personnel, product | advertising, catering, development, fund, marketing, production, project, sales, technical | successful | sympathetic It helps to have a sympathetic manager.
VERB + MANAGER promote sb to He has been promoted to business development manager.
assist Your job will be to assist the production manager.
PREP. ~ for the marketing manager for a large company

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

manager
II. looks after a sports team
ADJ. England, Scotland, etc. | team | caretaker He will be the club's caretaker manager until a new manager is appointed.
beleaguered another disappointing day for the beleaguered England manager
 ⇒ Note at JOB

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

boss the person who is in charge of you at work. Boss sounds rather informal. The usual word to use in more formal English is manager:
Does your boss know you're looking for another job?
manager the person in charge of a business such as a shop, a bank, or a hotel, or of a part of a business:
I'd like to speak to the hotel manager.
the sales manager
the manager of an Italian restaurant
head the person who is in charge of an organization or a department within that organization:
the head of the CIA
My wife's head of the French department at the university.
He was the former head of the American Cancer Society.
chief the most important person or one of the most important people in an organization such as the police, the fire department, or the army:
the chief of police
police/army/fire chiefs
Health chiefs have secured cash to build two new hospitals.
president especially American English the person who is in charge of a large company or a department within a company:
the president of CBS news
Angry shareholders called for the resignation of the company president.
managing director British English the person who is in charge of the daily management of a company or organization:
He's the managing director of a small printing firm.
chief executive (also chief executive officer, CEO) the person who is in charge of the daily management of a company:
the CEO of General Motors
Universal Studios is looking for a new chief executive.
supervisor someone who is in charge of a group of workers, whose job is to make sure that the workers do what the manager wants:
He was employed as a warehouse supervisor.
line manager the manager who is directly in charge of you in a company:
If you want to take a holiday, first ask your line manager.
report to somebody if you report to someone in a company, that person is directly in charge of you:
Jan is based in Birmingham and reports to the Head of Marketing.

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