Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To move, arrange or operate something using the hands

    hold something in one's hands and move it

  2. (transitive)To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something

    manipulate data

    The software can manipulate images easily.

    manipulieren

    манипули́роватьmanipulírovatʹ

    маніпулюва́тиmanipuljuváty

    influence or control shrewdly or deviously

  3. (transitive)To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose

  4. (transitive)To influence or control someone in order to achieve a specific purpose, especially one that is unknown to the one being manipulated and beneficial to the manipulator; to use

    cleverly manipulate

    She knew how to manipulate people to get her way.

  5. (dated, intransitive)To use the hands, especially in scientific experiments.

    манипули́роватьmanipulírovatʹ, управля́тьupravljátʹ

    маніпулюва́тиmanipuljuváty

Examples

154 sentences
  1. You know how to manipulate me.

    Ти знаєш, як маніпулювати мною.

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  2. Tom was being manipulated and he didn't realize it.

    Томом маніпулювали, а він цього не розумів.

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  3. Tom is manipulating you.

    Том тобою маніпулює.

    ruТом тобой манипулирует.

    deTom manipuliert dich.

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  4. Tom often manipulates people.

    Том часто маніпулює людьми.

    ruТом часто манипулирует людьми.

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  5. They'll try to manipulate you.

    Вони спробують тобою маніпулювати.

    ruОни будут пытаться манипулировать тобой.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
influence or manage:
Русский
By meaning 2
influence or manage:
move with the hands:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
influence or manage:

Origin

Back-formation from manipulation.

Back-formation from manipulation.

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Forms

manipulates, manipulating, manipulated, manipulated
Base formmanipulate · to manipulate
3rd person singularmanipulates
Present participlemanipulating
Past simplemanipulated
Past participlemanipulated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymanipulate
he, she, itmanipulates

Past simpleLesson

all personsmanipulated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave manipulated
he, she, ithas manipulated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill manipulate

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

20 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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