How to spell manager

hear itman·ag·er/'mænɪdʒər/nounRules and real life

What it means: A person in charge of a business, store, or team.

In a sentence: The manager helped us at the store.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as maneger or managar.

Same family: management, managerial, managing, team, coach. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Manager comes from the verb manage, which goes back to the Latin word 'manus,' meaning 'hand.' It originally had the sense of 'handling' or 'controlling' something, much like a manager handles or directs a team.

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