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- Dictionarydeploy/dɪˈplɔɪ/
verb
- 1. move (troops or equipment) into position for military action: "forces were deployed at strategic locations" Similar Opposite
- 2. bring into effective action: "small states can often deploy resources more freely" Similar
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DEPLOY definition: 1. to use something or someone, especially in an effective way: 2. to move soldiers or equipment…. Learn more.
1. a. : to extend (a military unit) especially in width. b. : to place in battle formation or appropriate positions. deploying troops to the region. 2. : to spread out, utilize, or arrange for a deliberate purpose. deploy a sales force. deploy a parachute. intransitive verb. : to move, spread out, or function while being deployed.
DEPLOY meaning: 1. to use something or someone, especially in an effective way: 2. to move soldiers or equipment…. Learn more.
1. verb. To deploy troops, weapons, or resources means to make them ready to be used. The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops. [VERB noun] Synonyms: use, station, set up, position More Synonyms of deploy. 2. verb. If you deploy something or if it deploys, you use it effectively or it works effectively.
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. deploy. / dɪˈplɔɪ / verb.
Definition of deploy verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
vb. 1. (Military) to adopt or cause to adopt a battle formation, esp from a narrow front formation. 2. (Military) ( tr) to redistribute (forces) to or within a given area. [C18: from French déployer, from Latin displicāre to unfold; see display] deˈployment n.
DEPLOYMENT definition: 1. the use of something or someone in an effective way: 2. the movement of soldiers or equipment…. Learn more.
DEPLOY meaning: 1 : to organize and send out (people or things) to be used for a particular purpose; 2 : to open up and spread out the parts of (something, such as a parachute)
To deploy is to move into fighting formation, the way a military commander might deploy troops in preparation for a battle. You'll almost always find the word deploy in a military context.
