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What does maneuver mean?
Definitions in simple English

maneuver Noun

— A maneuver is a type of movement that is usually hard to do. What a maneuver that back-flip was, did you practice? — (often in the plural) A large training field-exercise of military troops. The army was on maneuvers.

maneuver Verb

— If something is maneuvered, it is moved somewhere else, generally with difficulty. — If someone maneuvers a person, they guide, steer or manage them purposefully. — If something is maneuvered, it is manipulated or plotted.

maneuver

— noun a military training exercise — verb (= direct) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling — verb (= manoeuvre) act in order to achieve a certain goal He maneuvered to get the chairmanship She maneuvered herself into the directorship — noun a move made to gain a tactical end — noun an action aimed at evading an opponent — noun (= manoeuvre, play) a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill he made a great maneuver the runner was out on a play by the shortstop — verb (= manoeuver) perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense — noun (= tactic) a plan for attaining a particular goal

Synonyms maneuver synonyms

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maneuver English » English

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Topics maneuver topics

What do people use maneuver to talk about?
Social behavior Conflict

War
Work and occupation Finance Dishonest financial practices

Cheat
Physical actions

Move

Conjugation maneuver conjugation

How do you conjugate maneuver?

maneuver · verb

Examples maneuver examples

How do I use maneuver in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Birds change the shape of their wings to turn and maneuver.
Tom saved Mary's life by performing the Heimlich maneuver.

Movie subtitles

That maneuver down my spine was very unnecessary.
I don't know the exact purpose of this maneuver.
This entire maneuver could be a trick to get you off your guard.
Particularly the maneuver that Genghis Khan employed in the battle of Kinsha in 1221.
I'll flash you a signal before the attack and maneuver him into position for you.
We gotta maneuver around it.
Robert E. Lee himself never made a smarter maneuver.
I'd understand if it were a war or even a maneuver, but they're just doing it for publicity.
This is plainly a maneuver for better terms.
You know, if that thing should attack the induction pumps or. The bank of control relays, we couldn't maneuver the ship or land it. we'd just.
I 'm afraid Mr. Holden won't be able to maneuver this morning.
Not too near our bases, and a plenty a room to maneuver.
Or rudder, and can't maneuver.
Leonidas has guessed our maneuver.
The military problem in this maneuver will include our entire fighting force.
They maneuver beautifully, sir.
Those boats of yours maneuver beautifully.
A quaint old maneuver to divert suspicion.
If we're not allowed to maneuver, we've got to support these positions.
This maneuver is a sham, a sort of premeditated plot that is not completely honest.
So that's it, your sling was a mere maneuver.
Sir. A wicked maneuver to cover blackmail.
Yes, but they saw me and if you took the blame, they'd say it was a political maneuver.
Well, someone to maneuver the gondola.
Now, if we start the encirclement in this sector and maneuver the enemy's troops out of the central defense lines why, the counterattack must be successful.
Captain, how about a little maneuver?
How can something that size maneuver so quickly in the air?
Yes, you're right, Lieutenant. We know they're planning a turning maneuver in the Chingar direction.
We can still maneuver.
Maneuver?
Loss of maneuver power.
According to our Intelligence, the enemy has not yet discovered your maneuver.
You should pay your Lulu' for this nice maneuver he made.
No, Minerva. You no longer order anything. I refuse to maneuver under the scrutiny of the French intelligence.
I could have done the Heimlich maneuver.

News and current affairs

Some countries, like Germany, have room for fiscal maneuver.
Though the US had disproportionate economic clout, its room for political and military maneuver was constrained by Soviet power.
Of course, moderates on both sides would prefer as much land and room to maneuver as possible, but they prefer a negotiated compromise aimed at ending the violence.
The drubbing that many governments suffered in the recent elections to the European Union Parliament places them in a difficult position as they maneuver ahead of this week's EU Summit.
After all, in foreign policy matters, the next president's room for maneuver will be very small.
But spending by the central government is such a small percentage of the country's total GDP that policymakers have a lot of room for maneuver if intervention becomes necessary in these areas.
Olmert's room for maneuver within his party, and particularly within his coalition, is very small.
But different governments have different degrees of fiscal room for maneuver.
Simply put, the European Union's stagnant economy is conditioning its response to the external pressures it confronts; internal crisis has left EU leaders little room for maneuver.
When current overnight rates can no longer be lowered, it is vital that a central bank credibly signal its intention to maintain looser policy in the future, when it will have more room to maneuver.
On all these issues, much of the decision-making power has been transferred to the European Union, which dramatically reduces Sarkozy's room for maneuver.
After mitigating the downturn, central bankers must withdraw the immense infusion of liquidity before inflation takes off, a tricky maneuver.
As young Muslims in Britain (and across the West) try to maneuver between the various, and often conflicting, aspects of their identity, three clear tendencies have emerged.
Debt levels and remaining deficits underscore the need for extreme caution, but, assuming a common will to undertake action, there would be room for maneuver within the European rules.
By the time the next presidential term starts in January 2013, and contrary to the current narratives advanced by the Obama and Romney campaigns, the incumbent will find himself with limited room for maneuver on economic policy.
Here again - in areas like housing, the labor market, credit intermediation, and infrastructure - there is less room for maneuver than most politicians would like us to believe.
Making that rhetoric real would buy him the room for maneuver that is needed to pursue his policy's geopolitical goals.
The debate about room for fiscal maneuver in practice soon becomes a debate about whether countries that have easily financed debt in the past can automatically continue to do so.
The key question at this stage is whether Germany will give the ECB the freedom of maneuver needed to carry out this monetary expansion with sufficient boldness.
My discussant found it self-evident that allowing politicians greater room for maneuver was a cockamamie idea - and he assumed that the audience would concur.
The real problem, however, is less the economic contraction than the very limited room for maneuver that the government enjoys in a country that dollarized its economy in 2001.
The law of unintended consequences dictates that this effort to deny ambiguity to Taiwanese activists could backfire, and instead leave mainland leaders without room to maneuver if Taiwan does attempt to revise the status quo.
A couple of weeks after the project was initiated, France and Italy submitted revised annual budgets to the European Commission, in which they demanded more fiscal room for maneuver.

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