different between maneuver vs manoeuvrability

English

Alternative forms

• manoeuvre (Commonwealth, Irish)
• maneuvre, manoeuver (nonstandard)
• manœuver, manœuvre (British, archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French manœuvre (“manipulation, maneuver”) and manouvrer (“to maneuver”), from Old French manovre (“handwork, manual labor”), 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 hand?eweorc, German Handwerk. The verb is a doublet of the verb manure.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /m??nu?v?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m??nu?v?/
• Hyphenation: ma?neu?ver
• Rhymes: -u?v?(?)

Noun

maneuver (plural maneuvers) (American spelling)

1. (military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units. [from 18th c.]

   The army was on maneuvers.

   Joint NATO maneuvers are as much an exercise in diplomacy as in tactics and logistics.

2. Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem. [from 18th c.]
   • 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, III.v.7:

     “This,” cried he, “is a manœuvre I have been some time expecting: but Mr. Harrel, though artful and selfish, is by no means deep.”

3. A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity. [from 18th c.]
4. (medicine) A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments. [from 18th c.]

   The otorhinolaryngologist performed an Epley maneuver and the patient was relieved of his vertigo.

5. A controlled (especially skilful) movement taken while steering a vehicle. [from 18th c.]

   Parallel parking can be a difficult maneuver.

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Verb

maneuver (third-person singular simple present maneuvers, present participle maneuvering, simple past and past participle maneuvered) (American spelling)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To guide, steer, manage purposefully
3. (figuratively, intransitive) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme

   The patriarch maneuvered till his offspring occupied countless key posts

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Anagrams

• maneuvre

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From manoeuvre +? -ability

Noun

manoeuvrability (countable and uncountable, plural manoeuvrabilities)

1. (British spelling) The quality of being manoeuvrable; ability to be manoeuvred.

   Articulated buses were invented to improve the manoeuvrability of long buses capable of carrying a large number of passengers.

2. Ability to manoeuvre; ability to carry out a manoeuvre or strategic plan.

   My manoeuvrability is limited. I don't have many options left.

   • 1967, The Illustrated London News:

     The prohibit[ed] zone cuts across the isthmus about 200 yards north of the runway; the pilot's manoeuvrability, approaching from the has been reduced by about half. The ban was announced 01 April 12, days before the Anglo-Spanish talks on ...

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