Maneuvers

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

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Definition of Maneuvers

noun

  1. The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units.

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

  2. Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem.
  3. A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity.
  4. A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments.
  5. A controlled (especially skilful) movement taken while steering a vehicle.

    "Parallel parking can be a difficult maneuver."

verb

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

    "The patriarch maneuvered till his offspring occupied countless key posts"

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