maneuver

CEFRC1

/məˈnuvɚ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A careful movement or action used to achieve a result.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity.

Examples

  • Birds change the shape of their wings to turn and maneuver.

  • Should I perform the Heimlich Maneuver?

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /maˈnyːvɐ/
  • /məˈnjuːvɚ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem.

  2. The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units.

  3. A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments.

More examples

In context

  • Joint NATO maneuvers are as much an exercise in diplomacy as in tactics and logistics.

  • The otorhinolaryngologist performed an Epley maneuver and the patient was relieved of his vertigo.

  • This maneuver was improvised.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle French manœuvre (“manipulation, maneuver”) and manouvrer (“to maneuver”), from Old French manovre (“handwork, manual labor”), from Medieval Latin manopera, manuopera (“work done by hand, handwork”), from manu (“by hand”) + operari (“to work”). First recorded in the Capitularies of Charlemagne (800 AD) to mean "chore, manual task", probably as a calque of the Frankish *handuwerk (“hand-work”). Compare Old English handweorc, Old English handġeweorc, German Handwerk. The verb is a doublet of the verb manure.