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manipulate
[ muh-nip-yuh-leyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner:
to manipulate people's feelings.
- to handle, manage, or use, especially with skill, in some process of treatment or performance:
to manipulate a large tractor.
- to adapt or change (accounts, figures, etc.) to suit one's purpose or advantage.
- Medicine/Medical. to examine or treat by skillful use of the hands, as in palpation, reduction of dislocations, or changing the position of a fetus.
manipulate
/ məˌnɪpjʊləˈbɪlɪtɪ; məˈnɪpjʊˌleɪt /
verb
- tr to handle or use, esp with some skill, in a process or action
to manipulate a pair of scissors
- to negotiate, control, or influence (something or someone) cleverly, skilfully, or deviously
- to falsify (a bill, accounts, etc) for one's own advantage
- (in physiotherapy) to examine or treat manually, as in loosening a joint
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Derived Forms
- maˈnipulatively, adverb
- maˈnipulatory, adjective
- manipulability, noun
- maˈnipuˌlator, noun
- maˌnipuˈlation, noun
- maˈnipulative, adjective
- maˈnipuˌlatable, adjective
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Other Words From
- ma·nipu·lata·ble adjective
- ma·nip·u·la·to·ry [m, uh, -, nip, -y, uh, -l, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
- nonma·nipu·lative adjective
- nonma·nipu·la·tory adjective
- outma·nipu·late verb (used with object) outmanipulated outmanipulating
- unma·nipu·lata·ble adjective
- unma·nipu·lated adjective
- unma·nipu·lative adjective
- unma·nipu·la·tory adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of manipulate1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of manipulate1
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Example Sentences
And from their power structure within the prisons they manipulate and control events on the streets.
He studied our use of language and the way that words are manipulated to manipulate the populace.
They are actually using the media around the galaxy to manipulate events and make people feel they have more power than they do.
But tech geeks, with their superhuman ability to manipulate ones and zeroes, do.
Porn is really the same as any other media product: People manipulate it to their purposes more than they are manipulated by it.
Cleverly though they manipulate, cleanliness is not their besetting weakness.
Of course they have made up their minds you are erratic, and have not the least doubt that they can manipulate that loose screw.
I don't want to let him manipulate that light enough to send any signals to possible Mexican watchers, Overton.
He began to manipulate the cards, lying cramped on his side, and in doing so dropped two or three.
They felled the great trees and dragged them aside with powerful donkey engines to manipulate their gear.
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