| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ma·neu·ver |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m -n  vr, -ny- |
| NOUN: | 1a. A strategic or tactical military or naval movement. b. A large-scale tactical exercise carried out under simulated conditions of war. Often used in the plural. 2. A controlled change in movement or direction of a moving vehicle or vessel, as in the flight path of an aircraft. 3. A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity. 4a. A strategic action undertaken to gain an end. b. Artful handling of affairs that is often marked by scheming and deceit. See synonyms at wile. | | VERB: | Inflected forms: ma·neu·vered, ma·neu·ver·ing, ma·neu·vers
| | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To carry out a military or naval maneuver. 2. To make a controlled series of changes in movement or direction toward an objective: maneuvered to get closer to the stage. 3. To shift ground; change tactics: The opposition had no room in which to maneuver. 4. To use stratagems in gaining an end. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To alter the tactical placement of (troops or warships). 2. To direct through a series of movements or changes in course: maneuvered the car through traffic. 3. To manipulate into a desired position or toward a predetermined goal: maneuvered him into signing the contract. See synonyms at manipulate. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French manœuvre, from Old French maneuvre, manual work, from Medieval Latin manuopera, from Latin man oper r , to work by hand : man, ablative of manus, hand; see man-2 in Appendix I + operr, to work; see op- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | ma·neu ver·a·bili·ty —NOUN
ma·neuver·a·ble —ADJECTIVE
ma·neuver·er —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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