managerial

See also: managérial

English

Etymology

From manager +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmænɪˈdʒɪəɹi.əl/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌmænəˈdʒɪɹi.əl/

  • Audio (Georgia); /ˌmænˈdʒɪɹi.əl/:

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Adjective

managerial (comparative more managerial, superlative most managerial)

1. Of or relating to a manager or management; involving management-like duties.
   • 1988, Robert Jackall, “Chapter 1: Moral Probations, Old and New”, in Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers, Twentieth Anniversary edition, →ISBN, page 15:

     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.

   • 2019, Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie, Trapeze, page 256:

     I left the kitchen and went over to Chuckʼs desk, feeling very managerial when I asked him to show me his progress.

   • 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, page 38:

     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."

   • 2024 September 7, David Hytner, “Rice and Grealish start new England era with Nations League victory in Ireland”, in The Guardian‎:

     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.

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• management

Translations

involving management-like duties

Catalan: directiu Chinese: Mandarin: 經理的 / 经理的 (jīnglǐ dì), 管理人的 (guǎnlǐrén dì) Finnish: johtamis-, johto- French: managérial (fr) m Friulian: dirigjenziâl, manageriâl Georgian: მენეჯერული (meneǯeruli), სამენეჯერო (sameneǯero) German: Führungs-, Manager-, Management-, leitend (de) Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Ido: direktala (io) Irish: bainisteoireach Italian: manageriale (it), dirigenziale (it) Korean: 관리의 (gwalliui) Macedonian: раководителски (rakovoditelski) Polish: kierowniczy (pl) Portuguese: gerencial Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swedish: please add this translation if you can

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English managerial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.na.d͡ʒe.riˈal/

Adjective

managerial m or n (feminine singular managerială, masculine plural manageriali, feminine and neuter plural manageriale)

1. managerial

Declension

Declension of managerial

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	managerial		managerială		manageriali	manageriale
	definite	managerialul		manageriala		managerialii	managerialele
genitive- dative	indefinite	managerial		manageriale		manageriali	manageriale
	definite	managerialului		managerialei		managerialilor	managerialelor

Further reading

• “managerial”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025