B1verb · transitive · frequent

handle

han·dle

handle · handles · handled · handling

керувати, маніпулювати, регулювати

чувствовать, ощущать, думать

umgehen mit, berühren, bedienen, erledigen

To touch; to feel or hold with the handTo touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).

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/ˈhæn.d(ə)l/

» Just let me handle it, OK?

Просто довзоль мені розібратися з цим, гаразд?

Meaning

12 senses

(transitive)To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
berühren, befühlen
touch, lift, or hold with the hands
(rare, transitive)To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
an die Hand gewöhnen
(transitive)To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
umgehen mit, hantieren (mit), bedienen
(transitive)To manage, control, or direct.
umgehen mit, fertigwerden mit, abfertigen
регулюва́тиrehuljuváty, керува́тиkeruváty, маніпулюва́тиmanipuljuváty
(transitive)To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
she handled the news with grace
the Persians handled the French ambassador shamefully
interact in a certain way
(transitive)To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
(transitive)To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock
(rare, transitive)To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
(transitive)To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
I can't handle this hot weather.
(intransitive)To use the hands.
(intransitive)To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm; to commit handball.
(intransitive)To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).
the car handles well

Examples

1318 sentences

Just let me handle it, OK?
Просто довзоль мені розібратися з цим, гаразд?
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Tom handled the situation very well.
Том дуже добре справився із ситуацією.
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He doesn't know how to handle children.
Він не знає як поводитися з дітьми.
ruОн не умеет обращаться с детьми.
deEr weiß nicht, wie man mit Kindern umgeht.
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Do you think you can handle that?
Думаєш, ти можеш з цим справитися?
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Don't you think you can handle that?
Хіба ти не думаєш, що можеш з цим справитися?
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Translations

6 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to manage, control, or direct:

Deutsch

By meaning 4

to touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s):

(rare in English) to accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands:

to manage, use, or wield with the hands:

to manage, control, or direct:

Origin

From Middle English handlen, from Old English handlian (“to handle, feel, deal with, discu

From Middle English handlen, from Old English handlian (“to handle, feel, deal with, discuss”), from Proto-West Germanic *handulōn, from Proto-Germanic *handulōną (“to take, grip, feel”), equivalent to hand + -le. Cognate with West Frisian handelje, hanneljen, hanljen (“to handle, treat”), Dutch handelen (“to handle, deal, act, negotiate”), German handeln (“to act, trade, negotiate, behave”), Swedish handla (“to buy, trade, deal”), Icelandic höndla (“to handle”).

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Forms

handles, handling, handled, handled

Base form	handle · to handle
3rd person singular	handles
Present participle	handling
Past simple	handled
Past participle	handled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	handle
he, she, it	handles

Past simpleLesson

all persons

handled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have handled
he, she, it	has handled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will handle

Synonyms

14 synonyms

rideA1 dealB1 feelA1 fingerB1 manageA2 touchB1 treatB2

Close in meaning

touch, lift, or hold with the hands:palm
handle effectively:wield manage
interact in a certain way:treat do by
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression:cover treat plow deal address
be in charge of, act on, or dispose of:manage deal care

Word family

14 related words

RelatedhandA2 handler handling

Derivedbehandle handleability handle oneself handlesome handle up manhandle mishandle outhandle overhandle rehandle well-handled

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

12 patterns

handle the situation
to handle this
can handle this
how to handle
handle the problem
able to handle
can't handle
can handle that
handle this problem
handle the pressure
can't handle this
handle this job