deploy

(dĭ-ploi')

v., -ployed, -ploy·ing, -ploys.

v.tr.

1. 1. To position (troops) in readiness for combat, as along a front or line.
   2. To bring (forces or material) into action.
   3. To base (a weapons system) in the field.
2. To distribute (persons or forces) systematically or strategically.
3. To put into use or action: "Samuel Beckett's friends suspected that he was a genius, yet no one knew . . . how his abilities would be deployed" (Richard Ellmann).

v.intr.
To be or become deployed.

[French déployer, from Old French despleier, from Latin displicāre, to scatter : dis-, dis- + plicāre, to fold.]

deployability de·ploy'a·bil'i·ty n.
deployable de·ploy'a·ble adj.
deployer de·ploy'er n.
deployment de·ploy'ment n.

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Installing, setting up, testing and running. This military term, which means the placement of troops and equipment in the field, is widely used with computers as an alternate to the word "implementation." For example, "XYZ software deployment" is the same as saying "XYZ software implementation." To "deploy" something is to "get it installed and running."

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verb

To put into a deliberate order: arrange, array, dispose, marshal, order, organize, range, sort, systematize. See order/disorder.

v

Definition: redistribute, station troops or weapons
Antonyms: not use, withhold

v. 1. move (troops) into position for military action: forces were deployed at strategic locations.

2. (of troops) move into position for such action: the air force began to deploy forward.

deployment n.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

For a list of words related to deploy, see:

• Strategy and Tactics - deploy: (vb) spread out, place, use, or arrange strategically

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  See crossword solutions for the clue Deploy.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - mønstre, sprede ud, køre i stilling, deployere, gøre kampklar
v. intr. - spredes, deployeres

Nederlands (Dutch)
inzetten van troepen etc. (militair), opstellen (militair)

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Mil) déployer, faire usage de, utiliser (les services de), faire preuve de
v. intr. - (Mil) être déployé

Deutsch (German)
v. - einsetzen, stationieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (στρατ., μτφ.) αναπτύσσω/-ομαι, κλιμακώνω/-ομαι

Italiano (Italian)
schierare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - dispor, distribuir

Русский (Russian)
развертывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - desplegar
v. intr. - desplegar, aprontar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - gruppera, sprida, utveckla, utnyttja

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使展开, 使疏开, 展开, 部署

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使展開, 使疏開
v. intr. - 展開, 部署

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 전개 시키다
v. intr. - 전개하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 展開させる, 展開する, 配置する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينشر القوات أو الجنود من أجل عمليه عسكريه, ينشر شئ بشكل استراتيجي, يستخدم شئ بشكل فعال واستراتيجي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פרס הכוחות‬
v. intr. - ‮התפרס‬

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