Intend vs Maneuver - What's the difference?
intend | maneuver |
To fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); be intent upon; mean; design; plan; purpose.
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, title= To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.
(obsolete) To stretch to extend; distend.
To strain; make tense.
(obsolete) To intensify; strengthen.
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To apply with energy.
To bend or turn; direct, as one’s course or journey.
To design mechanically or artistically; ; mold.
To pretend; counterfeit; simulate.
(en noun) (American spelling)
A movement, often one performed with difficulty.
(often, in the plural) A large training field-exercise of military troops.
An adroit or cunning action; a stratagem.
To move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
(figurative) To guide, steer, manage purposefully
(figurative) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme
:: ''The patriarch maneuvered till his offspring occupied countless key posts
As verbs the difference between intend and maneuver
is that intend is to fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); be intent upon; mean; design; plan; purpose while maneuver is to move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.As a noun maneuver is
a movement, often one performed with difficulty.intend
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Verb
(en verb)George Goodchild
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- Dotage, fatuity, or follyis for the most part intended or remitted in particular men, and thereupon some are wiser than others […].
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . SeeSynonyms
* mean, mint, foremindAnagrams
* * *maneuver
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Alternative forms
* manoeuvre (Commonwealth) * maneuvre, manoeuver (nonstandard) *Noun
- Parallel parking can be a difficult maneuver .
- The army was on maneuvers .
- Joint NATO maneuvers are as much an exercise in diplomacy as in tactics and logistics.