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manipulate

[ muh-nip-yuh-leyt ]

verb (used with object)

, ma·nip·u·lat·ed, ma·nip·u·lat·ing.
  1. to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner:

    to manipulate people's feelings.

  2. to handle, manage, or use, especially with skill, in some process of treatment or performance:

    to manipulate a large tractor.

  3. to adapt or change (accounts, figures, etc.) to suit one's purpose or advantage.

    Synonyms: falsify, juggle

  4. 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

  1. tr to handle or use, esp with some skill, in a process or action

    to manipulate a pair of scissors

  2. to negotiate, control, or influence (something or someone) cleverly, skilfully, or deviously
  3. to falsify (a bill, accounts, etc) for one's own advantage
  4. (in physiotherapy) to examine or treat manually, as in loosening a joint
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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·nipu·lata·ble adjective
  • ma·nip·u·la·to·ry [m, uh, -, nip, -y, uh, -l, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
  • nonma·nipu·lative adjective
  • nonma·nipu·la·tory adjective
  • outma·nipu·late verb (used with object) outmanipulated outmanipulating
  • unma·nipu·lata·ble adjective
  • unma·nipu·lated adjective
  • unma·nipu·lative adjective
  • unma·nipu·la·tory adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of manipulate1

First recorded in 1820–30; back formation from manipulation
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Word History and Origins

Origin of manipulate1

C19: back formation from manipulation, from Latin manipulus handful
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Example Sentences

On the advertising side, Google said it already has policies that prohibit advertisers from using doctored or manipulated media or false claims that could undermine voter participation or trust in the election.

From Fortune

This ambiguity leaves it to the state to decide what kind of content is considered false or potentially harmful, and could allow those in power to manipulate the definition for political gain.

The court’s ruling was informed, in part, by tens of thousands of alternative maps demonstrating that the district boundaries had very likely been manipulated for political gain, the very definition of gerrymandering.

The Authenticator analyzes videos or images and tells users the percentage chance that they’ve been artificially manipulated.

After manipulating the positronium atoms with a laser to put them in the appropriate energy level, the team hit them with microwave radiation to induce some of them to jump to another energy level.

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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