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Deploy — De*ploy , v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Deployed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deploying}.] [F. d[ e]ployer; pref. d[ e]? = d[ e]s (L. dis) + ployer, equiv. to plier to fold, fr. L. plicare. See {Ply}, and cf. {Display}.] (Mil.) To open out; to unfold; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
deploy — Second step in Customer Perfect! planning process (establish, deploy, implement, review). Once overall corporate goals are established, Headquarters, area, and performance cluster teams negotiate on specific targets and budgets to ensure that… … Glossary of postal terms
Deploy — De*ploy , Deployment De*ploy ment, n. (Mil.) The act of deploying; a spreading out of a body of men in order to extend their front. Wilhelm. [1913 Webster] Deployments . . . which cause the soldier to turn his back to the enemy are not suited to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
deploy — de*ploy , v. t. To place (people or other resources) into a position so as to be ready to for action or use. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
deploy — I verb assign to battle stations, assign to positions, branch out, broaden, diffuse, dilatare, distribute, diverge, expand, explicare, extend, fan out, outspread, place, radiate, scatter, splay, spread, spread out in battle formation, stretch out … Law dictionary
deploy — UK US /dɪˈplɔɪ/ verb [T] ► to use something or someone, especially in order to achieve a particular effect: »If deployed in the right way, communication networks enable employees to gain greater awareness of the organisation. be deployed to do… … Financial and business terms
deploy — 1786 as a military word, from Fr. déployer unroll, unfold, from O.Fr. desploiier unfold, from L. displicare unfold, scatter, from dis (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + plicare to fold see PLY (Cf. ply) (v.)). In its AFr. form regularly adopted in ME as … Etymology dictionary
deploy — [v] redistribute, station troops or weapons arrange, display, dispose, expand, extend, fan out, form front, open, position, put out patrol, set out, set up, spread out, take battle stations, unfold, use, utilize; concepts 158,213,320 Ant. not use … New thesaurus
deploy — ► VERB 1) bring or move into position for military action. 2) bring into effective action. DERIVATIVES deployment noun. ORIGIN French déployer, from Latin displicare unfold or explain … English terms dictionary
deploy — [dē ploi′, diploi′] vt. [Fr déployer, to unfold, display < OFr desployer, to unfold < L displicare, to scatter (in ML, to unfold): see DISPLAY] 1. Mil. a) to spread out (troops, etc.) so as to form a wider front b) to station or place… … English World dictionary
deploy */ — UK [dɪˈplɔɪ] / US verb Word forms deploy : present tense I/you/we/they deploy he/she/it deploys present participle deploying past tense deployed past participle deployed 1) [transitive] if a government or army deploys soldiers or weapons, it uses … English dictionary
