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say it: muh-NI-pyuh-layt
manipulate is a verb meaning "influence or control shrewdly or deviously". It carries 6 recorded senses.
influence or control shrewdly or deviously
“He manipulated public opinion in his favor”
hold something in one's hands and move it
maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage
“She manipulates her boss”
“She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up”
“The teacher knew how to keep the class in line”
“she keeps in line”
treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for manipulate come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.