deploy (redirected from deployable)

de·ploy  (d-ploi)

v. de·ployed, de·ploy·ing, de·ploys

v.tr.

1.

a. To position (troops) in readiness for combat, as along a front or line.

b. To bring (forces or material) into action.

c. 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.

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[French déployer, from Old French despleier, from Latin displicre, to scatter : dis-, dis- + plicre, to fold; see plek- in Indo-European roots.]

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de·ploya·bili·ty n.

de·ploya·ble adj.

de·ployer n.

de·ployment n.

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deploy

Verb

to organize (troops or resources) into a position ready for immediate and effective action [Latin displicare to unfold]

deployment n

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Deploy a body of troops spread out to cover various points of defence, 1786.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	deploy - place troops or weapons in battle formation play - put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game; "He is playing his cards close to his chest"; "The Democrats still have some cards to play before they will concede the electoral victory" position - cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
	2.	deploy - to distribute systematically or strategically; "The U.S. deploys its weapons in the Middle East" spread, distribute - distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their language all over the country" redeploy - deploy anew; "The U.S. must redeploy their troops in the Middle East"

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deploy

verb (of troops or military resources) use, station, set up, position, arrange, set out, dispose, utilize, spread out, distribute

Translations

deploy [dɪˈplɔɪ] vt → desplegar

deploy [dɪˈplɔɪ] vt → déployer

deploy [dɪˈplɔɪ] vt → einsetzen

deploy [dɪˈplɔɪ] vt → dispiegare