manipulate
11manipulate — verb ADVERB ▪ easily ▪ They believe that voters can be easily manipulated. ▪ successfully ▪ deftly, skilfully/skillfully ▪ deliberately …
12manipulate — 01. Scientists working in the battle against cancer are hoping to be able to [manipulate] the DNA of a cancer sufferer so that the disease kills itself. 02. She practices shiatsu, an oriental form of body [manipulation], as well as massage. 03. I …
13manipulate — /məˈnɪpjəleɪt / (say muh nipyuhlayt) verb (t) (manipulated, manipulating) 1. a. to handle, manage, or use, especially with skill, in order to achieve a desired effect: to manipulate the gearstick of a car. b. to handle or move (part of the body)… …
14manipulate — ma|nip|u|late [məˈnıpjuleıt] v [T] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: manipulation (18 21 centuries), from French, from manipule handful , from Latin manipulus] 1.) to make someone think and behave exactly as you want them to, by skilfully deceiving or… …
15manipulate — [[t]mənɪ̱pjʊleɪt[/t]] manipulates, manipulating, manipulated 1) VERB (disapproval) If you say that someone manipulates people, you disapprove of them because they skilfully force or persuade people to do what they want. [V n] He is a very… …
16manipulate */*/ — UK [məˈnɪpjʊleɪt] / US [məˈnɪpjəˌleɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms manipulate : present tense I/you/we/they manipulate he/she/it manipulates present participle manipulating past tense manipulated past participle manipulated 1) to influence… …
17manipulate — manipulatable, adj. manipulative /meuh nip yeuh lay tiv, yeuh leuh tiv/, adj. manipulatively, adv. manipulatory /meuh nip yeuh leuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. /meuh nip yeuh layt /, v.t., manipulated, manipulating. 1. to manage or influence skil …
18manipulate — verb (T) 1 to make someone think and behave exactly as you want them to, by skilfully deceiving them or influencing them: I don t like the way she manipulates people. | It was a shameless attempt to manipulate public opinion 2 to work skilfully… …
19manipulate — ma•nip•u•late [[t]məˈnɪp yəˌleɪt[/t]] v. t. lat•ed, lat•ing 1) to manage or influence skillfully and often unfairly: to manipulate people s feelings[/ex] 2) to handle or use, esp. with skill: to manipulate a large tractor[/ex] 3) to adapt or… …
20manipulate — /mə nɪpjυleɪt/ verb ♦ to manipulate the accounts to make false accounts so that the company seems profitable ♦ to manipulate the market to work to influence share prices in your favour …
