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- pronunciation:
- mae
nih
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 r
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition: |
the person who controls a business or acts as the leader of a plan or project.
My father is the manager of a dry-cleaning business.Sally is the manager of the junior high's science fair.
- synonyms:
- administrator, director, superintendent, supervisor
- similar words:
- boss, executive, operator
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| related words: |
caretaker, commander, employer, foreman, guide, leader, warden |
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The word manager
contains the following parts:
man, mani, manu, main
Latin
root
that means hand
  Example words:
emancipate, maintain, maintenance, manage, manager, mandate, maneuver, manicure, manual, manufacture, manuscript
-er, -or, -ar2
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means a person or thing that does
More about this word part:
The suffix group -er
, -or
, -ar2 turns verbs into agent nouns.
Example words:
actor, administrator, builder, batter3, beggar, broiler, burglar, captor, carrier, censor, cleaner, commissioner, computer, consumer, container, dancer, diner, director, doctor, driver, employer, farmer, freezer, liar, manager, motor, painter1, pitcher2, player, potter, preacher, razor, refrigerator, reporter, runner, sailor, sculptor, seller, singer, speaker, survivor, teacher, tractor, user, vendor, washer, worker, writer
- synonyms:
- -ist, -ite2, -ator, -an, -ian, -ean
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