manipulate

English

Etymology

Back-formation from manipulation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈnɪpjʊleɪt/

• Audio (US):

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Verb

1. (transitive) To move, arrange or operate something using the hands
2. (transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something
3. (transitive, medicine) To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose
4. (transitive) To influence or control someone in order to achieve a specific purpose, especially one that is unknown to the one being manipulated and beneficial to the manipulator; to use
5. (intransitive, dated) To use the hands, especially in scientific experiments.

Derived terms

• manipulable (adjective)
• manipulatable (adjective)

Related terms

• manipulandum (noun)
• manipulation (noun)

Translations

move with the hands

• Catalan: manipular (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 操纵 (zh) (cāo zuò)

• Dutch: manipuleren (nl)
• Finnish: käsitellä (fi)
• Galician: manipular (gl)
• Ido: manuagar (io), manipular (io)
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• Indonesian: memanipulasi (id)
• Italian: manipolare (it)
• Korean: 조종하다 (jojonghada)
• Portuguese: manipular (pt), manusear (pt)
• Romanian: manipula (ro)
• Russian: манипули́ровать (ru) impf (manipulírovatʹ) (+ instrumental case), управля́ть (ru) impf (upravljátʹ) (+ instrumental case)
• Spanish: manipular (es)

influence or manage

• Catalan: manipular (ca)
• Dutch: beïnvloeden (nl), manipuleren (nl)
• Finnish: käsitellä (fi), manipuloida (fi)
• French: manipuler (fr)
• German: manipulieren (de)
• Icelandic: ráðskast með e-n, handstýra e-m
• Ido: manipular (io)
• Italian: manipolare (it), plagiare (it)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: manipulere

  Nynorsk: manipulere

• Persian: بازی دادن، به بازی گرفتن، آلت دست قرار دادن، بازیچه‌ی دست خود کردن
• Portuguese: manipular (pt)
• Romanian: manipula (ro)
• Russian: манипули́ровать (ru) impf (manipulírovatʹ) (+ instrumental case), возде́йствовать (ru) impf (vozdéjstvovatʹ) (на + accusative case), влия́ть (ru) impf (vlijátʹ) (на + accusative case)
• Spanish: manipular (es)
• Vietnamese: điều khiển (vi), thao túng (vi)

handle and move a body part

• Finnish: liikuttaa (fi), liikutella (fi)
• Italian: manipolare (it)
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• Portuguese: manipular (pt)
• Spanish: manipular (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: يتحكم
• Dutch: manipuleren (nl), beïnvloeden (nl)
• Hungarian: manipulál (hu)
• Persian: بامهارت انجام دادن, اداره کردن (fa), دستکاری کردن (fa), کسی را بازی دادن
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• Polish: manipulować (pl)
• Portuguese: manipular (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir tionndadh ann an, cuir car ann an
• Swedish: manipulera (sv)

See also

• pedipulate

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Adverb

manipulate

1. present adverbial passive participle of manipuli