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Webster 1828 Edition
Maneuver
MANEU'VER
,Noun.
1.
Management; dexterous movement, particularly in an army or navy; any evolution, movement or change of position among companies, battalions, regiments, ships, &c. for the purpose of distributing the forces in the best manner to meet the enemy.2.
Management with address or artful design.MANEU'VER
,Verb.
I.
1.
To manage with address or art.MANEU'VER
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
maneuver
maneuver
English
Alternative forms
- manoeuvre (Commonwealth, Irish)
- maneuvre, manoeuver (nonstandard)
- manœuver, manœuvre (British, archaic)
Noun
maneuver (plural maneuvers) (American)
- A movement, often one performed with difficulty.
- Parallel parking can be a difficult maneuver.
- (often in the plural) A large training field-exercise of military troops.
- The army was on maneuvers.
- Joint NATO maneuvers are as much an exercise in diplomacy as in tactics and logistics.
- An adroit or cunning action; a stratagem.
Translations
a movement, often one performed with difficulty
a large training exercise of military troops
Verb
maneuver (third-person singular simple present maneuvers, present participle maneuvering, simple past and past participle maneuvered) (American)
- (transitive) To move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
- (figuratively, transitive) To guide, steer, manage purposefully
- (figuratively, intransitive) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme
- The patriarch maneuvered till his offspring occupied countless key posts
Translations
to move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position
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