English[]
Alternative spellings[]
- maneuver (US), manœuvre (archaic), manoeuver (sometimes considered misspelling), manouver (sometimes considered misspelling), manouvre (sometimes considered misspelling)
Etymology[]
From the French noun manoeuvre and verb manoeuvrer, from Old French manovrer, from Vulgar Latin *manuoperare, from Latin manu (“‘by hand’”) + operari (“‘to work’”).
Pronunciation[]
- (UK) IPA: /məˈnuːvə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /m@"nu:v@(r\)/
Audio (UK) noicon (file) - Rhymes: -uːvə(r)
- Hyphenation: ma‧noeu‧vre
Noun[]
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Manoeuvre ({{{1}}})
- Template:UK A movement, often one performed with difficulty.
- Template:UK A large movement of military troops.
- The British army was on manoeuvres.
Translations[]
a movement, often one performed with difficulty
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a large movement of military troops
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Verb[]
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to Manoeuvre (third-person singular simple present manoeuvres, present participle manoeuvring, simple past and past participle manoeuvred)
- (transitive, 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
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Anagrams[]
- aeemnoruv,
- manoeuver
et:manoeuvre el:manoeuvre fa:manoeuvre fr:manoeuvre io:manoeuvre it:manoeuvre ml:manoeuvre ru:manoeuvre simple:manoeuvre fi:manoeuvre ta:manoeuvre tr:manoeuvre vi:manoeuvre