manoeuvre
English
Alternative forms
- maneuver (US), manœuvre (archaic), manoeuver (sometimes considered misspelling), manouver (sometimes considered misspelling), manouvre (sometimes considered misspelling)
Etymology
From the French noun manœuvre and verb manœuvrer, from Old French manovrer, from Vulgar Latin *manuoperare, from Latin manu (“by hand”) + operari (“to work”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /məˈnuːvə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /m@"nu:v@(r\)/
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Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -uːvə(r)
- Hyphenation: ma‧noeu‧vre
Noun
manoeuvre (plural manoeuvres)
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK) A movement, often one performed with difficulty.
- (UK, often plural) A large movement of military troops.
- The British army was on manoeuvres.
- An adroit or cunning action; a stratagem.
Translations
a movement, often one performed with difficulty
a large movement of military troops
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Verb
manoeuvre (third-person singular simple present manoeuvres, present participle manoeuvring, simple past and past participle manoeuvred)
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK) To move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
Translations
to move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position