verb
Meaning 1
American standard spelling of outmanoeuvre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
outmaneuver
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CMU ARPABET: AW0 T M AH0 N UW1 V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
defeat by more skillful maneuvering
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans
- My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: outmanoeuvre, outsmart
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: outdo, outflank, trump, best, scoop
Narrower terms: outgeneral
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English maneuver English outmaneuver From out- + maneuver.