Synonyms for manipulation


Grammar : Noun
Spell : muh-nip-yuh-ley-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : məˌnɪp yəˈleɪ ʃən


Définition of manipulation

Origin :
  • c.1730, a method of digging ore, from French manipulation, from manipule "handful" (a pharmacists' measure), from Latin manipulus "handful, sheaf, bundle," from manus "hand" (see manual) + root of plere "to fill" (see pleio-). Sense of "skillful handling of objects" is first recorded 1826; extended 1828 to "handling of persons" as well as objects.
  • noun guidance
Example sentences :
  • I anticipate no difficulty, though it requires some thought in manipulation.
  • Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: » by Various
  • Directions for the manipulation of the apparatus are given by the manufacturers.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • The girl did not answer, but busied herself with the manipulation of her machine.
  • Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • His own manipulation of the wheel was nothing short of wizardry.
  • Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
  • You're more used to those determinations and that type of manipulation than we are.
  • Extract from : « The Black Star Passes » by John W Campbell
  • But to attack the beam from Mars, a manipulation of Wandl was necessary.
  • Extract from : « Wandl the Invader » by Raymond King Cummings
  • After some manipulation he managed to get the bunch between the heels of his mittened hands.
  • Extract from : « Lost Face » by Jack London
  • What was more easy than to effect the change by the manipulation of their food?
  • Extract from : « Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 » by James Kennedy
  • There had been observed something peculiar in his mode of manipulation.
  • Extract from : « The Ocean Waifs » by Mayne Reid
  • Superficially, everything is manipulation, chance, accident.
  • Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 » by Various

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