manoeuvre

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From the French noun manoeuvre and verb manoeuvrer, from Old French manovrer, from Vulgar Latin *manuoperare, from Latin manu (by hand) + operari (to work).

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Singular
manoeuvre

Plural
manoeuvres

manoeuvre (plural manoeuvres)

  1. (British) A movement, often one performed with difficulty.
  2. (British, often plural) A large movement of military troops.
    The British army was on manoeuvres.

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Infinitive
to manoeuvre

Third person singular
manoeuvres

Simple past
manoeuvred

Past participle
manoeuvred

Present participle
manoeuvring

to manoeuvre (third-person singular simple present manoeuvres, present participle manoeuvring, simple past and past participle manoeuvred)

  1. (transitive, British) To move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.

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