maneuver
The planned movement of troops, vehicles etcThe planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units.
» Tom saved Mary's life by performing the Heimlich maneuver.
Tom hat Maria mit dem Heimlich-Handgriff das Leben gerettet.
Том спас Мері життя, застосувавши метод Геймліха.
Meaning
5 senses(US)The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units.
The army was on maneuvers.
Joint NATO maneuvers are as much an exercise in diplomacy as in tactics and logistics.
Manöver, Manöver, Übung
манёврmanjóvr, мане́врmanévr, манёврыmanjóvry
мане́врmanévr, мане́вриmanévry, навча́нняnavčánnja
(US)Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem.
(US)A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity.
Manöver
манёврmanjóvr, мане́врmanévr
мане́врmanévr
a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
(US)A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments.
The otorhinolaryngologist performed an Epley maneuver and the patient was relieved of his vertigo.
(US)A controlled (especially skillful) movement taken while steering a vehicle.
Parallel parking can be a difficult maneuver.
Examples
27 sentencesTom saved Mary's life by performing the Heimlich maneuver.
Том спас Мері життя, застосувавши метод Геймліха. — deniko
deTom hat Maria mit dem Heimlich-Handgriff das Leben gerettet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
He was maneuvered out of office.
They are maneuvering behind the scene.
deSie arbeiten hinter den Kulissen. — samueldora
Sami didn't have time to maneuver.
The centipede maneuvered through the dense vegetation.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French manœuvre (“manipulation, maneuver”) and manouvrer (“to maneuver”), fromFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: maneuversSynonyms
10 synonyms- an action aimed at evading an opponent:manoeuvreevasive action
- a move made to gain a tactical end:manoeuvretactical maneuvertactical manoeuvre
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill:manoeuvreplay
- a military training exercise:manoeuvresimulated military operation
- a plan for attaining a particular goal:tactictacticsmanoeuvre