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Meaning of manipulation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
məˌnɪp.juˈleɪ.ʃən

Definitions

  1. The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated
  2. The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated.
    countable, uncountable
  3. The skillful use of the hands in, for example, chiropractic
  4. manipulasie مُعالَجَه، تأثير манипулация manipulação manipulace die Manipulation manipulation χειρισμός, επηρεασμός manipulación manipuleerimine دستکاری manipulaatio manœuvre תמרון चालन-परिचालन rukovanje, manipulacija kezelés; manipuláció manipulasi handfjötlun manipolazione 巧みな扱い 조작 manipuliacija manipulācija manipulasi hantering, manipulatiehåndtering, manipulering manipulacja لاسوهنه manipulação manipulare манипуляция manipulácia manipulacija manipulacija manipulation การโกง ustaca kullanm...
  5. The skillful use of the hands in, for example, chiropractic.
    countable, uncountable
  6. The usage of psychological influence over a person, event, or situation to gain a desired outcome
  7. manipuleerder المُعالِج اليَدوي، مُضارِب манипулатор manipulador manipulátor, -ka das Drahtzieher manipulator αυτός που χειραγωγεί και εκμεταλλεύεται τους άλλους manipulador manipuleerija دست ماشینی manipulaattori manipulateur/-trice מַשפִּיע בְּצוּרָה בִּלתִי הוֹגֶנֶת प्रयोग, छल-योजन, छल-साधन, हेर-फेर, कुशल प्रयोग rukovalac, manipulator kezelő(készülék), manipulátor (átvitt ért. is) manipulator maður sem hefur áhrif á aðra með kænskubrögðum manipolatore, manipolatrice 巧みに扱う人 조작자 manipuliator...
  8. The usage of psychological influence over a person, event, or situation to gain a desired outcome.
    countable, uncountable
  9. manipulación, tratamiento por medio del uso diestro de las manos.
  10. The act or practice of manipulating.
  11. Shrewd or devious management, especially for one's own advantage.
  12. the act of manipulating.
  13. the state or fact of being manipulated.
  14. skillful or artful management.
  15. n → Manipulation f
    n
  16. to handle especially skilfully. I watched him manipulating the controls of the aircraft. hanteer يُعالِج باليَد контролирам manusear manipulovat geschickt bedienen håndtere χειρίζομαιmanipular, manejar käsitsema اداره کردن käsitellä manœuvrer לְהַפעִיל בִּמיוּמָנוּת चलाना upravljati, manipulirati kezel mengendalikan handleika manovrare 巧みに扱う 잘 다루다 manipuliuoti, puikiai valdyti prasmīgi apieties; manipulēt mengendalikan hanterenhåndtere, betjene, manipulere zręcznie posługiwać się اداره كول ma...
    especially

Equivalents

Català manipulació
Čeština manipulace
Deutsch Manipulation
Ελληνικά χειραγώγηση
Español manipulación
Suomi manipulaatio
Français Manipulation
Magyar manipuláció
Bahasa Indonesia manipulasi
Italiano manipolazione
ქართული მანიპულაცია
Македонски манипулација
Nederlands gebruik manipulatie
Polski manipulacja
Português manipulação
Română manipulare
Svenska manipulation
Türkçe manipülasyon
Українська маніпуляція

Examples

“The dealer's manipulations could have removed cards from the deck.”
“The rear portion of the tender top is flat and open so as to facilitate the manipulation of the water crane.”
“After a few minutes of manipulation each week, she obtained days of relief from her neck pain.”
“The counselor was able to reach the disturbed teen through positive psychological manipulation.”
“Through subtle manipulations he orchestrated the downfall of his rival.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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