manipulate

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /məˈnɪpjʊleɪt/, X-SAMPA: /m@"nIpjUleIt/

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Etymology

Back formation of manipulation.

Verb

manipulate (third-person singular simple present manipulates, present participle manipulating, simple past and past participle manipulated)

1. (transitive) To move, arrange or operate something using the hands
2. (transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something
3. (transitive, medicine) To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose

Related terms

• manipulandum n
• manipulation n

Translations

move with the hands

• Catalan: manipular (ca)
• Finnish: käsitellä (fi)

• Spanish: manipular (es)

influence or manage

• Catalan: manipular (ca)
• Finnish: käsitellä (fi), manipuloida (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: manipulieren (de)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: manipulere (no)

  Nynorsk: manipulere (no)

• Spanish: manipular (es)

handle and move a body part

• Finnish: liikuttaa (fi), liikutella (fi)

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: يتحكم
• Dutch: manipuleren (nl), beïnvloeden (nl)
• Hungarian: manipulál (hu)
• Indonesian: memanipulasi, memanipulir

• Persian: بامهارت انجام دادن ،اداره کردن ،دستکارى کردن (fa)
• Polish: manipulować
• Portuguese: manipular (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir tionndadh ann an, cuir car ann an
• Swedish: manipulera (sv)

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Adverb

manipulate

1. present adverbial passive participle of manipuli