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maneuver

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maneuver
1. noun /məˈnuːvɚ/
a) A movement, often one performed with difficulty.

Parallel parking can be a difficult maneuver.

b) A large training field exercise of military troops.

The American army was on maneuvers.

2. verb /məˈnuːvɚ/
a) To move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.

: The patriarch maneuvered till his offspring occupied countless key posts

b) To guide, steer, manage purposefully

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  • Maneuver — Ma*neu ver, Manoeuvre Ma*n[oe]u vre, n. [F. man[oe]uvre, OF. manuevre, LL. manopera, lit., hand work, manual labor; L. manus hand + opera, fr. opus work. See {Manual}, {Operate}, and cf. {Mainor}, {Manure}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Management;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Maneuver — Ma*neu ver, Manoeuvre Ma*n[oe]u vre, v. t. 1. To change the positions of, as of troops of ships. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • maneuver — I (tactic) noun approach, course of conduct, decursio, decursus, device, line of action, management, manipulation, mode of procedure, move, operation, plan of attack, planned campaign, procedure, scheme, stratagem, strategy, stroke, undertaking… …   Law dictionary

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  • maneuver — maneuverable, adj. maneuverability, n. maneuverer, n. /meuh nooh veuhr/, n., v., maneuvered, maneuvering. n. 1. a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc. 2. maneuvers, a series of tactical exercises usually carried… …   Universalium

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