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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\)/
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    Rhymes: -uːvə(r)
  • Hyphenation: ma‧noeu‧vre

Noun[]

Singular
Manoeuvre

Plural
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Manoeuvre ({{{1}}})

  1. Template:UK A movement, often one performed with difficulty.
  2. Template:UK A large movement of military troops.
    The British army was on manoeuvres.

Translations[]

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Verb[]

Infinitive
to Manoeuvre

Third person singular
manoeuvres

Simple past
manoeuvred

Past participle
-

Present participle
manoeuvring

to Manoeuvre (third-person singular simple present manoeuvres, present participle manoeuvring, simple past and past participle manoeuvred)

  1. (transitive, UK) To move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.

Translations[]


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

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