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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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manoeuvre

/məˈnuːvə/

US pronunciation

American sound/məˈnuːvə/

məˈnuːvə

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

mə - ˈnuːvə -> manoeuvre

Myanmar meaning

(n) စနစ်တကျလှုပ်ရှားမှု

Full entry

manoeuvre (US maneuver) /mǝ'nu:vǝ(r)/ n

၁။ [C] (က) လှုပ်ရှားဆောင်ရွက်ခြင်း။ A rapid manoeuvre by the driver prevented an accident. (ခ) လှည့်စားခြင်း။ လှည့်ကွက်။
a crafty manoeuvre to outwit his pursuers ❍
a skilful political manoeuvre.
၂။ (က) [C] စစ်ကစားခြင်း။ a flanking manoeuvre (ie round the sides of an enemy army). (ခ) manoeuvres [pl] စစ်ရေးလေ့ကျင့်ခန်း။ The army is on manoeuvres in the desert.
v (က) ကိုင်တွယ်၊ ထိန်းသိမ်း၊ မောင်းနှင်၊ စီးနင်း သည်။ ခိုင်းမက်သည်။ cyclists manoeuvring on the practice track ❍ yachts manoeuvring for position (ie moving around to get good positions, eg in a race) ❍ show great skill in manoeuvring a motor bike ❍ She manoeuvred the car slowly into the garage.
(ခ) လှည့်ပတ်လမ်းကြောင်းပေး သည်။ ကြောင်းပေးသည်။ She manoeuvred her friends into positions of power. ❍ manoeuvre the conversation round to money.
❏ manoeuvrable (US maneuverable ) /-vǝrǝbl/ adj
ခိုင်းမက်ရန် လွယ်ကူသော။ ထိန်းရန် လွယ်ကူ သော။ a small, highly manoeuvrable canoe. manoeuvrability (US -neuver- ) /mǝnu:vǝrǝ'bÇlǝti/ n [U]
❏ manoeuvring (US maneuvering ) /mǝ'nu:vǝrÇŋ / n [U,C usu pl ] ကစားကွက်။ အကွက်ဆင်မှု။ He remained in office thanks to skilful political manoeuvring (s).

More examples

Dexter tried every manoeuvre he could to overtake the truck.
[a complicated/difficult manoeuvre] : Everyone had to concentrate for the complicated manoeuvre to work.
Mercer won the election thanks to the manoeuvres of his son-in-law.
Military manoeuvres

Synonyms

action, angle, artifice, battle, beguile, cheat, come up with, con, conspire, contrivance, contrive, cook, curveball, demarche, deploy, deployment, design, device, devise, direct physically, dispense, doctor, dodge, drill, drive, engineer, evolution, exercise, exploit, fancy footwork, feint, fence, finagle, finesse, gambit, game, gimmick, go around, guide, handle, intrigue, jig, jockey, leave holding the bag, machinate, machination, manage, manipulate, manipulation, measure, military practice, move, movement, navigate, negotiate, operate, operation, parade, pilot, plan, play, play games, plot, ploy, ply, procedure, proceed, proceeding, pull strings, push around, put one over, rig, ruse, scam, scheme, sham, shenanigans, shift, shuffle, steer, step, stratagem, stunt, subterfuge, swing, tactic, tactics, trick, upstage, wangle, war games, wield, work

Antonyms

cessation, destroy, discourage, disorganize, dissuade, forget, honesty, ignorance, inaction, inactivity, leave alone, neglect, openness, remain, stop, stoppage

Cross references

action angle artifice battle beguile cheat come up with con conspire contrivance contrive cook curveball demarche deploy deployment design device devise direct physically dispense doctor dodge drill drive engineer evolution exercise

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