English Explanatory Dictionary

deploy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To prepare and arrange (originally military unit or units, i.e., to array troops) for use.
  2. To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.
  3. To install, test and implement a computer system or application.
noun
  1. Deployment.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈplɔɪ/ En-us-deploy.oga

Word forms

deploy deploys deploying deployed

Etymology

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.

Related words

deployment redeploy

Derived words

deployability deployable deployee deployer nondeployed outdeploy predeployed undeploy undeployed
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