noun🔗ShareThe planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units."Joint NATO maneuvers are as much an exercise in diplomacy as in tactics and logistics."militaryactionplanvehiclewarpositionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny strategic or cunning action; a stratagem."To get a better parking spot, he used the clever maneuver of pretending to wait for someone to leave. "actionplanmilitarypoliticsbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity."The basketball player's quick maneuver around the defender allowed him to score the winning point. "bodyactionabilityvehicletechnicalmilitarysportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments."The doctor explained that the Leopold maneuver would help determine the baby's position in the womb. "medicinetechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA controlled (especially skilful) movement taken while steering a vehicle."Parallel parking can be a difficult maneuver."vehicleactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position."The driver had to carefully maneuver the large truck through the narrow city streets. "actionvehiclepositiontechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo guide, steer, manage purposefully"The driver had to carefully maneuver the car through the crowded parking lot. "actiondirectionvehiclemilitarynauticaltechnologymachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme"The patriarch maneuvered till his offspring occupied countless key posts"politicsgovernmentactionbusinessplancharactermoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
