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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MANOEUVRE

From French, from Medieval Latin manuopera manual work, from Latin manū operāre to work with the hand.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MANOEUVRE

manoeuvre  [məˈnuːvə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MANOEUVRE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Manoeuvre is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb manoeuvre in English.

WHAT DOES MANOEUVRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Maneuver

Maneuver, manoeuvre, manoeuver, manœuver denotes one's tactical move, or series of moves, that improves or maintains one's strategic situation in a competitive environment or avoids a worse situation.

Definition of manoeuvre in the English dictionary

The first definition of manoeuvre in the dictionary is a contrived, complicated, and possibly deceptive plan or action. Other definition of manoeuvre is a movement or action requiring dexterity and skill. Manoeuvre is also a tactic or movement of one or a number of military or naval units.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MANOEUVRE

PRESENT

Present
I manoeuvre
you manoeuvre
he/she/it manoeuvres
we manoeuvre
you manoeuvre
they manoeuvre
Present continuous
I am manoeuvring
you are manoeuvring
he/she/it is manoeuvring
we are manoeuvring
you are manoeuvring
they are manoeuvring
Present perfect
I have manoeuvred
you have manoeuvred
he/she/it has manoeuvred
we have manoeuvred
you have manoeuvred
they have manoeuvred
Present perfect continuous
I have been manoeuvring
you have been manoeuvring
he/she/it has been manoeuvring
we have been manoeuvring
you have been manoeuvring
they have been manoeuvring
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I manoeuvred
you manoeuvred
he/she/it manoeuvred
we manoeuvred
you manoeuvred
they manoeuvred
Past continuous
I was manoeuvring
you were manoeuvring
he/she/it was manoeuvring
we were manoeuvring
you were manoeuvring
they were manoeuvring
Past perfect
I had manoeuvred
you had manoeuvred
he/she/it had manoeuvred
we had manoeuvred
you had manoeuvred
they had manoeuvred
Past perfect continuous
I had been manoeuvring
you had been manoeuvring
he/she/it had been manoeuvring
we had been manoeuvring
you had been manoeuvring
they had been manoeuvring
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will manoeuvre
you will manoeuvre
he/she/it will manoeuvre
we will manoeuvre
you will manoeuvre
they will manoeuvre
Future continuous
I will be manoeuvring
you will be manoeuvring
he/she/it will be manoeuvring
we will be manoeuvring
you will be manoeuvring
they will be manoeuvring
Future perfect
I will have manoeuvred
you will have manoeuvred
he/she/it will have manoeuvred
we will have manoeuvred
you will have manoeuvred
they will have manoeuvred
Future perfect continuous
I will have been manoeuvring
you will have been manoeuvring
he/she/it will have been manoeuvring
we will have been manoeuvring
you will have been manoeuvring
they will have been manoeuvring
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would manoeuvre
you would manoeuvre
he/she/it would manoeuvre
we would manoeuvre
you would manoeuvre
they would manoeuvre
Conditional continuous
I would be manoeuvring
you would be manoeuvring
he/she/it would be manoeuvring
we would be manoeuvring
you would be manoeuvring
they would be manoeuvring
Conditional perfect
I would have manoeuvre
you would have manoeuvre
he/she/it would have manoeuvre
we would have manoeuvre
you would have manoeuvre
they would have manoeuvre
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been manoeuvring
you would have been manoeuvring
he/she/it would have been manoeuvring
we would have been manoeuvring
you would have been manoeuvring
they would have been manoeuvring
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you manoeuvre
we let´s manoeuvre
you manoeuvre
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to manoeuvre
Past participle
manoeuvred
Present Participle
manoeuvring
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MANOEUVRE


approver
əˈpruːvə
groover
ˈɡruːvə
Hoover
ˈhuːvə
improver
ɪmˈpruːvə
Lietuva
lɪəˈtuːvə
louver
ˈluːvə
louvre
ˈluːvə
maneuver
məˈnuːvə
mover
ˈmuːvə
outmaneuver
ˌaʊtməˈnuːvə
outmanoeuvre
ˌaʊtməˈnuːvə
prover
ˈpruːvə
remover
rɪˈmuːvə
Struve
ˈstruːvə
Suva
ˈsuːvə
Vancouver
vænˈkuːvə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MANOEUVRE

mannose
mano
mano a mano
manoao
manoeuvrability
manoeuvrable
manoeuvrer
manoeuvres
manoeuvring
Manolete
manometer
manometric
manometrical
manometrically
manometry
manor
manor house
manorial
manorialism
manoscopy

WORDS THAT END LIKE MANOEUVRE

chef-d´oeuvre
chefs-doeuvre
chevre
Havre
Heimlich manoeuvre
hors d´oeuvre
joie de vivre
Le Havre
livre
oeuvre
savoir-vivre

Synonyms and antonyms of manoeuvre in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MANOEUVRE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «manoeuvre» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of manoeuvre

Translation of «manoeuvre» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MANOEUVRE

Find out the translation of manoeuvre to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of manoeuvre from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «manoeuvre» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

移动
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mover hábilmente
570 millions of speakers

English

manoeuvre
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तिकड़म
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مناورة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

маневр
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

manobrar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রণকৌশল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

manœuvrer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Manuver
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

manövrieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

うまく操縦する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

요령껏 움직이다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Maneuver
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thao diển quân đội
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாற்றம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

युक्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

manevra
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

manovrare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

manewr
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

маневр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

manevră
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ελιγμών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

maneuver
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

manöver
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

manøver
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of manoeuvre

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MANOEUVRE»

The term «manoeuvre» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.804 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MANOEUVRE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «manoeuvre» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «manoeuvre» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about manoeuvre

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MANOEUVRE»

Discover the use of manoeuvre in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to manoeuvre and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Smith Manoeuvre
This is a "how to" book that will bring new and free income to your family, courtesy of the tax man.
Fraser Smith, 2002
2
Room for Manoeuvre: An Exploration of Public Policy Planning ...
1. Introduction. Room. For. Manoeuvre: The. Premise. Of. Public. Policy. Edward. Clay. and. Bernard. Schaffer. Our own observation tells us that every state is an association of persons formed with a view to some good purpose. I say 'good' ...
Edward J. Clay, Bernard Schaffer, 1984
3
What Room for Manoeuvre?
In Canada Among Nations, 2007 a team of specialists explores the space that Canada currently occupies in the global policy landscape and considers the bureaucratic players who manage this "occupation.
Jean Daudelin, Daniel Schwanen, Jean Daudelin, 2008
4
Radar and ARPA Manual: Radar and Target Tracking for ...
The ARPA should be capable of simulating the effect on all tracked targets of an own ship manoeuvre with or without time delay before manoeuvre without interrupting the updating of target tracking and display of actual target alphanumeric ...
Andy Norris, Alan D. Wall, Alan G. Bole, 2005
5
Surgical Technique of the Abdominal Organ Procurement: Step ...
Abstract Background: The Cattel–Braasch manoeuvre is based on the anatomical observation that the small mesentery is attached to the posterior abdominal wall along a short oblique line of fusion. The Cattel–Braasch manoeuvre begins at ...
Andrzej Baranski, 2009
6
Introduction to Aircraft Aeroelasticity and Loads
In Chapter 13, the balanced aircraft loads, trimmed condition and deformation in a steady symmetric equilibrium manoeuvre were considered for both a rigid and a simple flexible aircraft in heave and pitch. Such a manoeuvre is one in which ...
Jan Robert Wright, Jonathan Edward Cooper, 2008
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Flight Dynamics Principles: A Linear Systems Approach to ...
Equation (8.25) indicates that the controls fixed manoeuvre point is aft of the corresponding neutral point by an amount depending on the aerodynamic properties of the tailplane. It therefore follows that Hm=Kn+ V Ta1lT μ1c (8.26) which ...
Michael V. Cook, 2011
8
Modelling and Parameter Estimation of Dynamic Systems
Thrust inputmanoeuvre The manoeuvre is used to determine the effect of a thrust variation on the aircraft motion. Starting from trimmed level flight, a doublet variation in thrust is applied and the flight data recorded. Flaps inputmanoeuvre This ...
J.R. Raol, G. Girija, J. Singh, 2004
9
Midwifery: Best Practice
Schorn and Blanco (1991) describe the somersault manoeuvre for management of a tight nuchal cord. Anderson (1991) suggests this technique was developed in the early 1950s by an obstetrician, Dr Mast. The steps of the procedure are as  ...
Sara Wickham, 2008
10
A Military Dictionary: Or, Explaination of the Several ...
MANOEUVRE, f Manoeuvre, Fr.) Manoeuvres of war consist chiefly in habituating the soldier ro a variety of evolutions, to accustom him to different movements, and to render his mind familiar with the nature of every principle of offensive or ...
William Duane, 1810

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MANOEUVRE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term manoeuvre is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Truck driver's braking manoeuvre caused double fatality, police say …
He believed there had been a "significant braking manoeuvre" which caused the truck to roll. He couldn't say why Brenssell had braked, but ... «The Southland Times, Jul 15»
2
'We're in the shark's domain, I'm lucky it wasn't my time'
"I felt so insignificant. Like, the thing was so powerful and was, yeah, just moved so fast and I was just trying to manoeuvre my way around it." ... «Bundaberg News Mail, Jul 15»
3
Polish lorry driver jailed for 5 years over dangerous 'U turn … - ITV.com
The court heard that Mr Janowski attempted to perform a U turn manoeuvre across the carriageway, which he was intending to travel back ... «ITV News, Jul 15»
4
Transfer talk: Chelsea's defensive moving parts; Tottenham sell …
... Chelsea will sell Filipe Luis back to Atletico Madrid as another report in the Guardian suggests Jose Mourinho's club continue to manoeuvre ... «The National, Jul 15»
5
Jese Rodriguez humiliates Cristiano Ronaldo during Real Madrid …
Full-back Danilo is also beaten in the chase and Jese is eventually heckled from behind to bring a tame end to a brilliant manoeuvre. Watch the ... «India.com, Jul 15»
6
Comfort zones: How the media is killing comedy - Index on Censorship
Do I have to be dirtier with my dirty mouth? I'm not really complaining. I've learned to manoeuvre my way throughout television. I can play the ... «Index On Censorship, Jul 15»
7
The 6 hairiest moments of our Castle Combe Caterham race - GQ.com
With three cars on our right we were left with very little space to manoeuvre. Add in a little understeer and you've got two wheels off the edge of ... «GQ.com, Jul 15»
8
Anger at Sheffield bus changes as 800 take part in consultation …
“There is room to manoeuvre and, if it comes to that, to go back to the drawing board if it is fundamentally wrong.” The consultation runs until ... «The Star, Jul 15»
9
Want to know why your ears pop, you get brain freeze and cry …
... to breathe out gently with your mouth closed and pinch your nose (the Valsalva manoeuvre) to gently push air back into the eustachian tube, ... «Irish Mirror, Jul 15»
10
Live Report: Lovebox 2015 - Victoria Park, London - Clash Magazine
That's the last talking we do and the crowd manoeuvre around every word and rap as we descend deeper into the night, all ages meshed under the East London ... «Clash Magazine, Jul 15»

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