deploy
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French déployer (“to unroll, unfold”), from Old French desploier , from Medieval Latin displicare (“to unfold, display”), from Latin dis- (“apart”) + plicare (“to fold”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /dɪˈplɔɪ/
Verb [edit]
deploy (third-person singular simple present deploys, present participle deploying, simple past and past participle deployed)
- (transitive) To prepare and arrange (usually military unit or units) for use.
- "Deploy two units of infantry along the enemy's flank," the general ordered.
- (intransitive) To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.
- He waited tensely for his parachute to deploy.
- (computing) to install, test and implement a computer system or application.
- The process for the deployment scenario includes: building a master installation of the operating system, creating its image and deploying the image onto a destination computer.
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Translations [edit]
to prepare and arrange (usually military unit or units) for use
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to unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use
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to install, test and implement a computer system or application
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Noun [edit]
deploy (plural deploys)
External links [edit]
- deploy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- deploy in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- deploy at OneLook Dictionary Search
