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manoeuvre

noun
/məˈnuːvə/UK/məˈnuːvɚ/CA

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.

  1. derived from *handwerc✻
  2. derived from manopera
  3. derived from manovre
  4. derived from manœuvre

Definitions

  1. Commonwealth standard spelling of maneuver.

    • The system also reacts to unexpected traffic situations and handles them independently by employing evasive manoeuvres within the lane or by braking manoeuvres

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