manœuvre — meaning in English

English meaning

• device noun A piece of equipment, especially electronic or mechanical, built to perform a specific job.
• maneuver noun A planned, often skillful movement of troops, vehicles, or a body, especially one requiring precision.

Senses

manœuvre is used for these senses in English:

• device A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. 1602, Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor. "This is our device,/ That Falstaff at that oak shall meet with us."
• maneuver (military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units. [from 18th c.]
• maneuver A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity. [from 18th c.]

device — full definition

1. noun A piece of equipment, especially electronic or mechanical, built to perform a specific job.
2. noun A scheme or trick, often meant to deceive or gain advantage.
3. noun A technique a writer or speaker uses deliberately to create an effect, such as a rhetorical or literary device.

maneuver — full definition

1. noun A planned, often skillful movement of troops, vehicles, or a body, especially one requiring precision.
2. noun A clever or calculated action taken to gain advantage; a stratagem.
3. verb To move something carefully and skillfully into position, especially in a tight or difficult space.

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