noun Download 🔗Share The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units. Examples : "Joint NATO maneuvers are as much an exercise in diplomacy as in tactics and logistics." military action vehicle war plan Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem. Examples : "The student's sudden illness right before the exam felt like a desperate manoeuvre to avoid failing. " action military politics plan business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity. Examples : "The gymnast's final manoeuvre on the beam, a perfect backflip, earned her the gold medal. " body action ability technical sport military Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments. Examples : "The doctor performed the Leopold manoeuvre to determine the baby's position in the womb. " medicine action technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A controlled (especially skilful) movement taken while steering a vehicle. Examples : "Parallel parking can be a difficult maneuver." vehicle action nautical military Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position. Examples : "The driver had to carefully manoeuvre the large truck into the narrow parking space. " action position vehicle nautical military technology technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme Examples : "The patriarch maneuvered till his offspring occupied countless key posts" politics government business organization action plan character Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
