deploy.
To prepare and arrange (originally military unit or units, i.e., to array troops) for use.
Meaning & usage
To prepare and arrange (originally military unit or units, i.e., to array troops) for use.
"Deploy two units of infantry along the enemy's flank," the general ordered.
deploy some lifeguards on the beach
To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.
He waited tensely for his parachute to deploy.
deploy the airbag
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.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French déployer (“to unroll, unfold”), from Old French desploiier, itself from des- + ploiier, or possibly from Late Latin displicāre (“to unfold, display”), from Latin dis- (“apart”) + plicare (“to fold”). Compare Middle English desployen, dysployen (“to unfold, display”). Doublet of display.
Deployment.
Deployment.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French déployer (“to unroll, unfold”), from Old French desploiier, itself from des- + ploiier, or possibly from Late Latin displicāre (“to unfold, display”), from Latin dis- (“apart”) + plicare (“to fold”). Compare Middle English desployen, dysployen (“to unfold, display”). Doublet of display.
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