deploy
Plural: deploys
Verb
Verb Forms: deployed, deploying, deploys
- To arrange or position strategically, often troops or resources.
- place troops or weapons in battle formation
- to distribute systematically or strategically
- "The U.S. deploys its weapons in the Middle East"
- To prepare and arrange (usually military unit or units) for use.
- To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.
- To install, test and implement a computer system or application.
Noun
- Deployment.
- Deployment.
Examples
- "Deploy two units of infantry along the enemy's flank," the general ordered.
- deploy some lifeguards on the beach
- deploy the airbag
- He waited tensely for his parachute to deploy.
- She planned to DEPLOY her high-scoring tiles on triple word scores for maximum impact.
- Teachers can deploy a wide range of resources in their classrooms.
- the airbag will deploy on collision
- 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.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from French déployer (“to unroll, unfold”), from Old French desploiier, itself from des- + ploiier, or possibly from Late Latin displicāre (“to unfold, display”), from Latin dis- (“apart”) + plicare (“to fold”). Doublet of display.
Scrabble Score: 12
deploy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddeploy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
deploy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
deploy: valid Words With Friends Word