(Britishmanoeuvre)
Translate maneuver | into French | into Spanish Definition of maneuver
noun
1a movement or series of moves requiring skill and care:spectacular jumps and other daring maneuvers a carefully planned scheme or action, especially one involving deception:shady financial maneuvers the fact or process of taking carefully planned or deceptive action:the economic policy provided no room for maneuver
2 (
maneuvers)
a large-scale military exercise of troops, warships, and other forces:the Russian vessel was on maneuvers
verb (maneuvers, maneuvering, maneuvered)
1move skillfully or carefully: [no object]:the truck was unable to maneuver comfortably in the narrow street [with object]:I’m maneuvering a loaded tray around the floor
2 [with object] carefully guide or manipulate (someone or something) in order to achieve an end:they were maneuvering him into a betrayal of his countryman [no object] carefully manipulate a situation to achieve an end: (as noun maneuvering)two decades of political maneuvering
