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Synonyms for management

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsActions

the act of managing something

He was given overall management of the program.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

direction

Same sentence, swapped: He was given overall direction of the program.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for management as it is used in the sentence above.

penalty
enforcement
height

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Closest first: other actions words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

listeningnounhearingthe act of hearing attentivelyFoothillsHas a reason line marriagenounweddingthe act of marryingFoothills mistakenounfaulta wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattentionFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line partnounofficethe actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or groupFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line partingnounleavethe act of departing politelyTreelineHas a reason line passverb, nouneliminateeliminate from the bodyTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line pressverb, nounironpress and smooth with a heated ironFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line preventverbkeepstop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain stateFoothillsHas a reason line

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