manoeuvre
Meaning
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UK, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand spelling of maneuver.
Synonyms
tactical maneuver
tactical manoeuvre
evasive action
simulated military operation
do maneuvers
do manoeuvres
sham battle
tortuousity
program formulation
programme formulation
make evolutions
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ma‧noeu‧vre
Pronounced as (IPA)
/məˈnuːvə/
Etymology
From Middle French manœuvre (“manipulation, manoeuvre”) and manouvrer (“to manoeuvre”), from Old French manovre (“handwork, manual labour”), from Medieval Latin manopera, manuopera (“work done by hand, handwork”), from manu (“by hand”) + operari (“to work”). First recorded in the Capitularies of Charlemagne (800 AD) to mean "chore, manual task", probably as a calque of the Frankish *handwerc (“hand-work”). Compare Old English handweorc, Old English handġeweorc, German Handwerk.
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