Maneuver vs Maneouvre - What's the difference?
maneuver | maneouvre |
(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 nouns the difference between maneuver and maneouvre
is that maneuver is a movement, often one performed with difficulty while maneouvre is .As a verb maneuver
is to move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.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.