deploy

[ dih-ploi ]

/ dɪˈplɔɪ /

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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.

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Origin of deploy

First recorded in 1470–80; from French déployer, equivalent to dé- prefix with negative force + ployer “to fold”; see dis-¹, ploy

OTHER WORDS FROM deploy

de·ploy·a·ble, adjectivede·ploy·a·bil·i·ty

[dih-ploi-uh-bil-i-tee], /dɪˌplɔɪ əˈbɪl ɪ ti/, nounde·ploy·ment, noun

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How to use deploy in a sentence

When the tests were not quickly deployed, they — and state lawmakers — began asking what was going on.
Hogan’s first batch of coronavirus tests from South Korea were flawed, never used|Steve Thompson|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
The mission successfully deployed 30 satellites into low Earth orbit.
Rocket Lab has successfully recovered a booster for the first time|Neel Patel|November 20, 2020|MIT Technology Review
It is also the hardest to find and has not been fully deployed even across the five major cities tested.
There’s more 5G available in big cities. But which carrier is fastest?|Aaron Pressman|November 19, 2020|Fortune
It will require both scaling up existing programs and deploying new ones to invest in and lend directly to green companies.
Why we should be funding more Solyndras|Amy Nordrum|November 19, 2020|MIT Technology Review

He’s since deployed cash in Japan and into natural-gas assets, and has bought back Berkshire’s own stock.
Warren Buffett is going all in on the vaccine rally, piling into these stocks|Shawn Tully|November 17, 2020|Fortune
The airline industry objects that sometimes these deployable recorders can pop out without cause, spreading needless alarm.
Red Tape and Black Boxes: Why We Keep ‘Losing’ Airliners in 2014|Clive Irving|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Our strategic reserves must be centrally placed and readily deployable to meet sudden aggression against ourselves and our allies.
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British Dictionary definitions for deploy

deploy

/ (dɪˈplɔɪ) /

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 forms of deploy

deployment, noun

Word Origin for deploy

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

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