maneuver

Meaning of maneuver

noun
  1. The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units.
    Joint NATO maneuvers are as much an exercise in diplomacy as in tactics and logistics.
  2. Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem.
  3. A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity.
  4. A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments.
  5. A controlled (especially skilful) movement taken while steering a vehicle.
    Parallel parking can be a difficult maneuver.
verb
  1. To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
  2. To guide, steer, manage purposefully
  3. To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme
    The patriarch maneuvered till his offspring occupied countless key posts

Information about maneuver

  • The plural form of maneuver is: maneuvers.
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Hyphenation of maneuver

ma-neu-ver

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • maneuver is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

maneuver synonyms

Meaning tactic:

tactic, tactics

Meaning manoeuvre:

play

Meaning steer:

steer, manoeuver, direct, point, head, guide, channelize

Meaning manoeuver:

manoeuver, operate

Anagrams of maneuver

maneuvre, manuever

Words that rhyme with maneuver

Fauver, Kefauver, mauver, countermaneuver, manoeuver, outmaneuver, Vancouver, louver, vancouver, Gruver

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