Manoeuvre vs Maneuver - What's the difference?
manoeuvre | maneuver | Alternative forms |
(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
Maneuver is a alternative form of manoeuvre.
In transitive terms the difference between manoeuvre and maneuver
is that manoeuvre is an alternative spelling of from=UK|from2=Ireland|from3=Canada|from4=AU|from5=NZ|from6=South Africa|lang=en while maneuver is to move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.maneuver
English
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.