Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

Outmaneuver

Definition: Outmaneuver

Outmaneuver

Verb

1. Defeat by more skillful maneuvering; "The English troops putmaneuvered the Germans"; "My new superviser knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "outmaneuver" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1910. (references)


Synonyms: Outmaneuver

Synonyms: outmanoeuvre (v), outsmart (v). (additional references)

Top     

Synonyms within Context: Outmaneuver

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Success

Defeat, conquer, vanquish, discomfit; euchre; overcome, overthrow, overpower, overmaster, overmatch, overset, override, overreach; outwit, outdo, outflank, outmaneuver, outgeneral, outvote; take the wind out of one's adversary's sails; beat, beat hollow; rout, lick, drub, floor, worst; put down, put to flight, put to the rout, put hors de combat, put out of court.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Top     

Crosswords: Outmaneuver

English words defined with "outmaneuver": outmanoeuvre, outsmart. (references)

Top     

Commercial Usage: Outmaneuver

DomainTitle

Books

  • Game Theory at Work: How to Use Game Theory to Outthink and Outmaneuver Your Competition (reference)

  • Outmaneuver the Bureaucrats: Make Them Say Yes (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Non-Fiction Usage: Outmaneuver

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Skillfully combining several approaches, both old and new, may at last make it possible to outmaneuver the persistent and deadly parasites. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Top     

Expression: Outmaneuver

Expression using "outmaneuver": outmaneuver smb.. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Modern Translations: Outmaneuver

Language Translations for "outmaneuver"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

ia hedh (chisel, circumvent). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فاقه دهاء (outwit), ‏فاقه براعة. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

надхитрям (cheat, circumvent, outflank, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach, pip). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vymanévrovat, přechytraèit koho. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

سبقت گرفتن بر (Outdistance, Overtake), درمانورجلوافتادن . (various references)

   

French

  

se montrer plus habile que, dominer en man"uvrant plus habilement. (various references)

   

German

  

ausstechen (core, cut out, dig out, excel, gouge out, outdo, to excel), ausmaneuvrieren. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ל"חכים מן. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

túljár az eszén (outflank, outfox, out-jockey, to circumvent, to encompass, to outmanoeuvre, to outsmart), keresztülhúz számítást. (various references)

   

Italian

  

superare in strategia (outmanoeuvre), manovrare più abilmente di (outmanoeuvre). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

outmaneuveray

   

Portuguese

  

vencer em estratégia (outmanoeuvre), remoto (ancient, asunder, away, back, distant, faraway, farraginous, farthest, long run, olden, out, out of the way, outlandish, remote), passar a perna em (outmanoeuvre), manobrar melhor (outmanoeuvre). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

перехитрить (circumvent, double-cross, outflank, outfox, outguess, out-jockey, outsmart, outwit, overreach). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

nadmudriti (circumvent, dish, outfox, outsmart, outwit), izmanevrisati. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

superar en la táctica (outmanoeuvre, outplay). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

utmanövrera (outmanoeuvre). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

taktikle yenmek (outmanoeuvre), üstünlük sağlamak (get the whip hand of smb., outclass, outflank, outmanoeuvre, overtop, overtower, score over). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

перехитрити (circumvent, outgeneral, out-jockey, outmanoeuvre, outsmart, outwit, overreach). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Top     

Derivations & Misspellings: Outmaneuver

Derivations

Words beginning with "outmaneuver": outmaneuvered, outmaneuvering, outmaneuvers. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Outmaneuver" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: outmaneouvre. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Top     

Rhyming with "Outmaneuver"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "outmaneuver" (pronounced outmunuw"ver)
6-m u n uw" v ermaneuver.
3-uw" v ergroover, mover, remover.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Top     

Anagrams: Outmaneuver

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-m-n-o-r-t-u-u-v"

-2 letters: manoeuvre.

-3 letters: averment, maneuver, numerate, overneat, overtame, renovate, routeman, routemen.

-4 letters: automen, enamour, mounter, nervate, neuroma, nouveau, outearn, outrave, overate, overeat, overman, overmen, remount, romaunt, tonearm, trumeau, varment, vaunter, venomer, venture, veteran.

-5 letters: amount, antrum, atoner, auteur, autumn, avenue, emoter, enamor, entera, manure, marten, matron, mature, meaner, mentor, meteor, moaner, moreen, nature, neater, neuter.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-m-n-o-r-t-u-u-v"
 

+1 letter: outmaneuvers.

 

+2 letters: outmaneuvered.

 

+3 letters: outmaneuvering.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Top     

Alternative Orthography: Outmaneuver


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 75 74 6D 61 6E 65 75 76 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

---    ..-    -    --    .-    -.    .    ..-    ...-    .    .-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01110101 01110100 01101101 01100001 01101110 01100101 01110101 01110110 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#117 &#116 &#109 &#97 &#110 &#101 &#117 &#118 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 0075 0074 006D 0061 006E 0065 0075 0076 0065 0072

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4987867967807187887184

Top     

Non-English Dictionaries with "Outmaneuver"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimshqip, ‏الألبانية, ‏الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanais, albaner, albán, albanese, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець

Arabic

‏معجم, ‏قاموس, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتانarabishte, ‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabe, arabisch, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводbulgr, ‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgare, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський

Czech

slovník, definice, překladçek, ‏تشيكي, ‏اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, ‏التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, cseh, ceco, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrëngjishte, frëng, franceze, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏فرنسي, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzunggjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, ‏المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець

Hebrew

אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתקhebraishte, ‏اليهودية, ‏اللغة العبرية, ‏يهودي, ‏عبري, ‏العبرية, иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, hebreu, hebraico, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás‏مجري, ‏المجري, ‏الهنغاري, ‏هنغاري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ungar, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzione‏الإيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏إيطالي, ‏شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italien, italienisch, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugais, portugiesisch, portugál, portoghese, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, ‏الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, רוסי, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenjeserbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónspanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, spanisch, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättningsuedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, suédois, schwedisch, svéd, svedese, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümeturk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turque, türkisch, טורקי, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова

Ukranian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, ‏الإنجليزية, ‏الأنكليزي, ‏إنكليزي, ‏ترجمة إنكليزية, ‏اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, anglais, englisch, א 'לית, angol, inglese, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.