Manoeuvre

English

Noun

Manoeuvre (plural Manoeuvres)

1. (UK) A movement, often one performed with difficulty.
2. (UK, often plural) A large movement of military troops.

   The British army was on manoeuvres.

Verb

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.

Thesaurus

artifice, contrive, demarche, device, devise, dodge, drill, drive, engineer, exercise, finagle, finesse, gambit, guide, intrigue, jockey, machinate, machination, manage, manipulate, move, navigate, operate, operation, plan, plot, ploy, run, ruse, scheme, stratagem, strategy, subterfuge, tactic, training, trick, wangle, wile

Alternative forms

• maneuver (US), manœuvre (archaic), manoeuver (sometimes considered misspelling), manouver (sometimes considered misspelling), manouvre (sometimes considered misspelling)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /məˈnuːvə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /m@"nu:v@(r\)/

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