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11deploy */ — 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 …
12deploy — verb Etymology: French déployer, literally, to unfold, from Old French desploier, from des dis + ploier, plier to fold more at ply Date: 1616 transitive verb 1. a. to extend (a military unit) especially in width b …
13deploy — verb /dəˈplɔɪ/ a) To prepare and arrange (usually military unit or units) for use. The word deploy has roots as a military term, used to describe the placement of equipment and troops in a battlefield. b) To unfold, open, or otherwise become… …
14deploy — verb ADVERB ▪ effectively, successfully ▪ Tanks were deployed effectively during the long campaign. ▪ widely ▪ fully ▪ currently …
15deploy — de|ploy [dıˈplɔı] v [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: déployer, from Latin displicare to scatter ] 1.) [I and T] to organize or move soldiers, military equipment etc so that they are in the right place and ready to be used deploy… …
16deploy — de|ploy [ dı plɔı ] verb * 1. ) transitive if a government or army deploys soldiers or weapons, it uses them: Troops have been deployed in the area to counter a possible attack. 2. ) transitive FORMAL to use something: He would have to deploy his …
17deploy — deployable, adj. deployability, n. deployment, n. /di ploy /, v.t. 1. Mil. to spread out (troops) so as to form an extended front or line. 2. to arrange in a position of readiness, or to move strategically or appropriately: to deploy a battery of …
18deploy — [[t]dɪplɔ͟ɪ[/t]] deploys, deploying, deployed VERB To deploy troops or military resources means to organize or position them so that they are ready to be used. [V n] The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops. [V n] ...the… …
19deploy — verb (T) to organize people or things, especially soldiers, military equipment etc, so that they are in the right place and ready to be used: They decided it was time to deploy more troops. deployment noun (C, U) …
20deploy — de•ploy [[t]dɪˈplɔɪ[/t]] v. t. 1) mil to spread out (troops) so as to form an extended front or line 2) mil to arrange, place, or move strategically or appropriately: to deploy missiles[/ex] 3) mil to be or become deployed • Etymology: 1470–80;… …
