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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
manoeuvre
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
room for manoeuvreBrE,room for maneuver American English (= the possibility of changing what you do or decide)
▪ Teachers feel they have little room for manoeuvre when the curriculum is so demanding.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
jockey/manoeuvre/jostle for position
▪ As they jockey for position, firms often adopt quite different strategies within the same industry.
▪ He stayed in the shadows as he passed the House of Mirrors with its queue stretching outside, everyone jostling for position.
▪ It's a spectacular sight, as the wildfowl jockey for position to grab the biggest beak or bill full of food.
▪ Pigeons there on the parapet opposite, squabbling, jostling for position.
▪ Satisfaction and horror jostle for position on his face.
▪ Teenage boys, like young bulls in a herd, often jockey for position and want to try out their own strength.
▪ The paper claims this represents a serious challenge to other Risc vendors jostling for position in the software arena.
▪ They're jockeying for position the moment they see the light at the end of the tunnel.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Each manoeuvre in their rearguard action has taken them further away from intuitive notions about that exciting enterprise referred to as science.
▪ He reported improvement of the abdominal discomfort and the manoeuvre was repeated a number of times with similar results.
▪ It was a manoeuvre replete with irony.
▪ Nevertheless, the State's room for manoeuvre was increasing.
▪ She saw that Defries and Johannsen were attempting the same manoeuvre.
▪ The manoeuvre succeeded, though at a dreadful cost.
▪ These coaches will explain the techniques required for each component and the need to start with the easiest manoeuvre.
II.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
position
▪ He set her on her feet without a word and steadied her while she manoeuvred the crutch into position.
▪ The blue flag was showing, which indicated they were still manoeuvring the balloon into position.
▪ Ardamal manoeuvred himself to a position below and slightly behind the woman, hidden by her legs.
▪ The stern ramp is down almost as quickly as the anchor and the first mexeflote raft is soon manoeuvring into position ....
▪ The tame elephants manoeuvre a captive into position, acting rather like gaolers.
room
▪ He stretched out his arms but had no room to manoeuvre.
▪ More expensive wheeled models are available and are easier to handle, but they might need more room to manoeuvre.
▪ The combination of low export prices and high oil import prices means Mr Kufuor's government will have little room to manoeuvre.
▪ Although the political future remains unclear, the new circumstances have allowed much more room to manoeuvre than in the past.
▪ Sly spun round, or tried to, he had little room to manoeuvre.
▪ Must not allow her senses any room to manoeuvre.
▪ Arsenal really do keep things tight; they gave little or no room in which to manoeuvre.
▪ All parties lose if there is no room to manoeuvre, no compromise, and no hope of reconciliation.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ By the end of the first day the patrol had manoeuvred its way across the narrow neck of the Calanscio Sand Sea.
▪ More expensive wheeled models are available and are easier to handle, but they might need more room to manoeuvre.
▪ The blue flag was showing, which indicated they were still manoeuvring the balloon into position.
▪ The combination of low export prices and high oil import prices means Mr Kufuor's government will have little room to manoeuvre.
▪ The union had judged that if our raft was tied up inside the harbour the local fishing boats would have difficulty manoeuvring.
▪ To put their project together, the two charities had to manoeuvre within a thicket of legal and professional restraints.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Manoeuvre

Maneuver \Ma*neu"ver\, Manoeuvre \Ma*n[oe]u"vre\, v. t. 1. To change the positions of, as of troops of ships.

Manoeuvre

Manoeuvre \Ma*noeu"vre\, n. & v. See Maneuver. [Chiefly Brit.]

Manoeuvre

Maneuver \Ma*neu"ver\, Manoeuvre \Ma*n[oe]u"vre\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Maneuveredor Man[oe]uvred; p. pr. & vb. n. Maneuvering, or Man[oe]uvring.] [Cf. F. man[oe]uvrer. See Maneuver, n.]

  1. To perform a movement or movements in military or naval tactics; to make changes in position with the intention of getting an advantage in attack or defense.

  2. Hence: To make changes in one's approach to solving a problem, so as to achieve maximum advantage in a changing situation; -- used especially in competitive situations, as in politics, diplomacy, or sports.

  3. To manage with address or art; to scheme.

Manoeuvre

Maneuver \Ma*neu"ver\, Manoeuvre \Ma*n[oe]u"vre\, n. [F. man[oe]uvre, OF. manuevre, LL. manopera, lit., hand work, manual labor; L. manus hand + opera, fr. opus work. See Manual, Operate, and cf. Mainor, Manure.]

  1. Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.

  2. Management with address or artful design; adroit proceeding; stratagem.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
manoeuvre

also manoeuver, alternative spelling of maneuver. Also see oe; -re. Related: manoeuvres; manoeuvred; manoeuvring.

Wiktionary
manoeuvre

n. (alternative spelling of maneuver from=British spelling from2=Canadian spelling from3=Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand English) vb. (context transitive English) (alternative spelling of maneuver from=British spelling from2=Canadian spelling from3=Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand English)

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WordNet
manoeuvre

  1. n. a plan for attaining a particular goal [syn: tactic, maneuver]

  2. a military training exercise [syn: maneuver, simulated military operation]

  3. a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill; "he made a great maneuver"; "the runner was out on a play by the shortstop" [syn: maneuver, play]

  4. a move made to gain a tactical end [syn: maneuver, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre]

  5. an action aimed at evading an opponent [syn: maneuver, evasive action]

manoeuvre

  1. v. act in order to achieve a certain goal; "He maneuvered to get the chairmanship"; "She maneuvered herself into the directorship" [syn: maneuver, manoeuver]

  2. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling [syn: steer, maneuver, manoeuver, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise]

  3. perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense [syn: manoeuver, maneuver, operate]

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Usage examples of "manoeuvre".

The conflict which followed was one of those bloody grapples, rather than battles, which, discarding all manoeuvring or brain-work in the commanders, depend for the result upon the brute strength of the forces engaged.

We now reach the third phase, where it seemed possible to make a safe and secure desert flank at and beyond Benghazi and concentrate the largest army of manoeuvre or strategic reserve possible in Egypt.

Marianne had quickly let down the full, almond green veil that draped her own hat, a manoeuvre which also enabled her to follow the Bretonne without running the risk of being recognized.

But she was not aware that the bushranger, whose quick eye caughtsight of the manoeuvre, rapidly but carefully picked them up, as he followed, with not less diligence than that with which she distributed them.

On June 8th the supreme command of the operations in Cape Colony was undertaken by General French, who from this time forward manoeuvred his numerous columns upon a connected plan with the main idea of pushing the enemy northwards.

Hartebeestefontein for his centre, he was manoeuvring his columns so as to swing them into line and then sweep back towards Klerksdorp.

The bra of sorts was a strapless corselette, heavily beaded in green and gold glass beads and designed to manoeuvre even the smallest of breasts into a cleavage.

Through the noise, he heard Corvus, speaking carefully in the measured, thoughtful tones he used before manoeuvres.

Questing had manoeuvred to get possession of Wai-ata-tapu, and, when he was about to take over, Septimus Falls had arrived, making certain that he would not be refused a room.

An old soldier snorts over manoeuvres like an old firehorse snorts over a dry-run fire.

In order to out manoeuvre the Foxer we, in our turn, developed a new improved acoustic torpedo which steered for the Foxer and ran beneath it.

Her outstretched hands gripped the seat back on either side in anticipation of the next manoeuvre.

He looked around, and saw Margit performing an elaborate Lissajous manoeuvre, smoothly orchestrating a dozen transitions at once.

No way will Maranta be able to follow us through those kind of manoeuvres.

In manoeuvring with my matches and Weena, I had turned myself about several times, and now I had not the faintest idea in what direction lay my path.