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“Maneuvered” or “Manoeuvred”

Language

Maneuvered and manoeuvred are both English terms.

Usage

Maneuvered is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while manoeuvred is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term US UK India Philippines Canada Australia Liberia Ireland New Zealand Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago Guyana
maneuvered 100 58 56 100 100 66 0 0 0 0 0 0
manoeuvred 0 42 44 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • In the United States, there is a preference for "maneuvered" over "manoeuvred" (100 to 0).
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a preference for "maneuvered" over "manoeuvred" (58 to 42).
  • In India, there is a preference for "maneuvered" over "manoeuvred" (56 to 44).
  • In the Philippines, there is a preference for "maneuvered" over "manoeuvred" (100 to 0).
  • In Canada, there is a preference for "maneuvered" over "manoeuvred" (100 to 0).
  • In Australia, there is a preference for "maneuvered" over "manoeuvred" (66 to 34).
  • In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "maneuvered" and "manoeuvred".
  • In Ireland, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "maneuvered" and "manoeuvred".
  • In New Zealand, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "maneuvered" and "manoeuvred".
  • In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "maneuvered" and "manoeuvred".
  • In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "maneuvered" and "manoeuvred".
  • In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "maneuvered" and "manoeuvred".
Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use maneuvered or manoeuvred with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “maneuvered”

  • intense fire as the VC maneuvered toward the burning ACAV.
  • mounted a heavy antiaircraft barrage.Yorktown maneuvered radically, avoiding at least two
  • suicide run, and the destroyer maneuvered furiously to unmask her battery
  • Goenka carefully maneuvered to purchase these shares making
  • 2019, A Mitsubishi Montero SUV maneuvered by a 66-year-old resident of
  • shock of bumps, and that maneuvered and ran faster and more
  • a map and the aircraft maneuvered so it could begin to
  • imprisoned the PPP's leadership and maneuvered the organization into a divisive
  • soon as the German destroyer maneuvered clear of the tanker, she
  • Jefferson Davis monument and then maneuvered through the Uptown district and

Examples of “manoeuvred”

  • Hezlet manoeuvred Trenchant to cut the officer
  • top of the back-lift, Bradman manoeuvred the bat through a continuous
  • able manner in which he manoeuvred and fought.
  • there the section fired and manoeuvred behind the nurses' home and
  • the way a scuba diver manoeuvred.
  • optical system weighs and is manoeuvred on an alt-azimuth mount, with
  • As they manoeuvred, Private Gray's section engaged a
  • then found that the target manoeuvred behind him and chased the
  • In this way, Quisling was manoeuvred out of power by Bräuer
  • the next day, while Brown manoeuvred other units to cross the


(Examples are Wikipedia snippets under the CC ShareAlike 3.0 license.)


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