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manoeuvre Definition

ma·noeu·vre (mə no̵̅o̅vər, -nyo̵̅o̅-)

noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb -·vred, -·vring

Chiefly Brit. maneuver

manoeuvre Usage Examples

Followed by a transitive particle

  • around: Always give yourself enough room to maneuver around the car in front without the need to reverse.

Object

  • wheelchair: There is also plenty of room to maneuver wheelchairs within the houses.
  • boat: To maneuver the boat in a lock requires at least two people.
  • aircraft: Our aircraft was causing difficulties in maneuvering production aircraft.

Converse of object

  • overtake: Sir Richard smiled at the overtaking maneuvers, 1902 style.
  • flank: Flanking maneuvers are even more risky, since there's no telling which route your team-mates will take.
  • execute: An example of an aircraft executing a pure rolling maneuver illustrates the procedure.
  • perform: There are no individuals in a team, everyone performs the maneuver in exactly the same time, in exactly the same way.
  • brake: Thinking you've gone into some emergency braking maneuver, berk should drop back.
  • reverse: The examiner will choose one reversing maneuver, either into a parking bay or a side road.

Adjective modifier

  • aerobatic: To a rousing musical accompaniment the trumpets, three at one point, performed complex aerobatic maneuvers in time to the music.
  • evasive: Consequently, taking heavy damage with no idea where the attack is coming from ensures evasive maneuvers become guess work which produces mixed results.
  • cynical: The collapse of the former Yugoslavia has been aided and abetted by the various Western powers using incredibly cynical maneuvers.
  • daring: In a daring night maneuver, the bulk of the English army crossed the Brox Burn and reformed their lines on the other side.
  • bureaucratic: The bureaucratic maneuvers of the Socialist Workers Party leadership would have made Joe Stalin proud.

Noun used with modifier

  • avoidance: Without warning a ship popped out of hyperspace in front of us forcing Kohlarn to make an avoidance maneuver.
  • collision: The collision avoidance maneuver was added to the Second EC Driving License Directive retrospectively as an amendment through technical progress late in 2000.
  • driving: Despite the arcade nature of the game, there isn't that much opportunity for stunts and other insane driving maneuvers.
  • army: At Berkhamstead, a phantom Cromwellian army maneuvers on Wigginton Common.

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