deploy

[dih-ploi]

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verb (used with object)

Military. to spread out (troops) so as to form an extended front or line.

to arrange in a position of readiness, or to move strategically or appropriately: to deploy a battery of new missiles.

verb (used without object)

to spread out strategically or in an extended front or line.

to come into a position ready for use: the plane can't land unless the landing gear deploys.

Origin of deploy

1470–80; < French déployer, equivalent to dé- dis-¹ + ployer to fold; see ploy

Related formsde·ploy·a·ble, adjectivede·ploy·a·bil·i·ty, nounde·ploy·ment, nouncoun·ter·de·ploy·ment, noun

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Related Words for deployable

mobile, ambulatory, portable, motile, adaptable, adjustable, loose, moving, removable, separable, transferable, unattached, unsteady, conveyable, deployable, detachable, liftable, portative, shiftable, turnable

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Contemporary Examples of deployable

The airline industry objects that sometimes these deployable recorders can pop out without cause, spreading needless alarm.
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December 29, 2014

British Dictionary definitions for deployable

deploy

verb mainly military

to adopt or cause to adopt a battle formation, esp from a narrow front formation

(tr) to redistribute (forces) to or within a given area

Derived Formsdeployment, noun

Word Origin for deploy

C18: from French déployer, from Latin displicāre to unfold; see display

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Word Origin and History for deployable

deploy

1786 as a military word, from French déployer "unroll, unfold," from Old French desploiier "unfold," from Latin displicare "unfold, scatter," from dis- (see dis-) + plicare "to fold" see ply (v.1)). "In its AFr. form regularly adopted in ME as desplay" [OED]. Related: Deployed; deploying.