MEANING
1. To influence someone unfairly or covertly for one’s own purpose.
2. To move or handle something with controlled skill.
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Words that belong together
- manipulate a witness
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He manipulated the witness through false promises.
The voice manipulated her uncertainty.
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Word forms
- Base
- manipulate
- Past tense
- manipulated
- Past participle
- manipulated
- Present participle
- manipulating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- manipulate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are manipulating
- Present perfect
- have/has manipulated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been manipulating
- Past
- manipulated
- Past continuous
- was/were manipulating
- Past perfect
- had manipulated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been manipulating
- Future
- will manipulate
- Future continuous
- will be manipulating
- Future perfect
- will have manipulated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been manipulating
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: manipulate; manipulates; manipulated; manipulated; manipulating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: manipulates.
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