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See more synonyms for deploy on Thesaurus.com 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. Show More
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. Show More
Origin of deploy 1470–80; <
French déployer, equivalent to
dé- dis-1 +
ployer to fold; see
ploy Related forms de·ploy·a·ble , adjective de·ploy·a·bil·i·ty , noun de·ploy·ment , noun coun·ter·de·ploy·ment , noun Dictionary.com Unabridged
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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 Examples from the Web for deployable Contemporary Examples of deployable British Dictionary definitions for deployable 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 Show More
Derived Forms deployment , 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 v. 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 .
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