maneuver
IPA: mʌnˈuvɝ
noun
- (military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units.
- Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem.
- A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity.
- (medicine) A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments.
- A controlled (especially skillful) movement taken while steering a vehicle.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
- (figurative, transitive) To guide, steer, manage purposefully
- (figurative, intransitive) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme
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Examples of "maneuver" in Sentences
- During the maneuver the probe was lost.
- During the maneuver, the probe was lost.
- Pull the joystick to maneuver the shuttle.
- The greater assist makes it easier to maneuver the car.
- The same maneuver was again successful the following day.
- The maneuver is used to equalize pressure in the middle ear.
- Pull the joystick in a direction to steer and maneuver the car.
- The failure of the Conway Cabal ended the political maneuvering.
- The probability of failing in the emergency maneuver is thus increased.
- However, the faster the character, the harder it is to maneuver them around.
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