maneuver
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Other spellings[change]
Pronunciation[change]
- IPA (key): /məˈnuːvɚ/
- SAMPA: /m@"nu:v@`/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: ma‧neu‧ver
Noun[change]
- A maneuver is a type of movement that is usually hard to do.
- What a maneuver that back-flip was, did you practice?
- (often in the plural) A large training field-exercise of military troops.
- The army was on maneuvers.
Verb[change]
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- (US) (transitive) If something is maneuvered, it is moved somewhere else, generally with difficulty.
- (transitive) If someone maneuvers a person, they guide, steer or manage them purposefully.
- (intransitive) If something is maneuvered, it is manipulated or plotted.