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The correct spelling is maneuvers.
How to pronounce maneuvers
noun
Say it like: Man-euv-ers
The correct spelling is maneuvers. The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units. For example: "Joint NATO maneuvers are as much an exercise in diplomacy as in tactics and logistics."
Usage Examples
“Joint NATO maneuvers are as much an exercise in diplomacy as in tactics and logistics.”
“Parallel parking can be a difficult maneuver.”
“The patriarch maneuvered till his offspring occupied countless key posts”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units.
- 2.Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem.
- 3.A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity.
- 4.A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments.
- 5.A controlled (especially skilful) movement taken while steering a vehicle.
verb
- 1.To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
- 2.To guide, steer, manage purposefully
- 3.To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme
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