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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.
Synonyms: ,
- 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
Derived Forms
- ˈԾܱپ, adverb
- ˈԾܱٴǰ, adjective
- manipulability, noun
- ˈԾˌٴǰ, noun
- ˌԾˈپDz, noun
- ˈԾܱپ, adjective
- ˈԾˌٲ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·Ծu·a· adjective
- ·Ծ···ٴ· [m, uh, -, nip, -y, uh, -l, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
- ԴDzm·Ծu·t adjective
- ԴDzm·Ծu··ٴr adjective
- dzܳm·Ծu·ٱ verb (used with object) outmanipulated outmanipulating
- un·Ծu·a· adjective
- ܲm·Ծu·e adjective
- ܲm·Ծu·t adjective
- ܲm·Ծu··ٴr adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of manipulate1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of manipulate1
Example Sentences
They had been murdered by 35-year-old Luke D'Wit, a family friend who had laced their medication with the opioid painkiller fentanyl after using fake identities to manipulate them.
The ministry had earlier denied that it had manipulated death toll figures after media reports highlighted anomalies between the August and October 2024 and March 2025 lists of fatalities.
She is his lifeline to some kind of sanity, but she is so damaged as well and he knows he’s been manipulated by her.
Experts have continued to raise ethical and ecological issues with “de-extinction,” even as science has advanced to the point where manipulating mammalian genomes is technically possible.
“To be in favor of sensible gun control or regulation measures is not the same as trying to manipulate a process.”
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