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Webster 1913 Edition
Deploy
De-ploy′
,Verb.
T.
& I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Deployed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deploying
.] [F.
déployer
; pref. dé[GREEK]
= dés
(L. dis
) + ployer
, equiv. to plier
to fold, fr. L. plicare
. See Ply
, and cf. Display
.] (Mil.)
To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; – the reverse of
ploy
; as, to
. deploy
a column of troops into line of battleWebster 1828 Edition
Deploy
DEPLOY
,Verb.
T.
DEPLOY
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
deploy
deploy
English
Verb
deploy (third-person singular simple present deploys, present participle deploying, simple past and past participle deployed)
- (transitive) To prepare and arrange (usually military unit or units) for use.
- "Deploy two units of infantry along the enemy's flank," the general ordered.
- (transitive, intransitive) To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.
- He waited tensely for his parachute to deploy.
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- At first she thought she would be embarrassed that she had deployed her air bag, that the other expert skiers she was with, more than a dozen of them, would have a good laugh at her panicked overreaction.
- (computing) To install, test and implement a computer system or application.
- The process for the deployment scenario includes: building a master installation of the operating system, creating its image and deploying the image onto a destination computer.
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Translations
to prepare and arrange (usually military unit or units) for use
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to unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use
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to install, test and implement a computer system or application
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Noun
deploy (plural deploys)
- (military, dated) deployment