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deploy

/dɪˈplɔɪ/

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What does deploy mean?

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.
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noun

  1. Deployment.

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IPA pronunciation

/dɪˈplɔɪ/

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Later a second company marched through Chobham to deploy on the north side of the common.
H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThe war of the worldsProject Gutenberg ebook #36
If the wind only held, little doubt had they, that chased through these Straits of Sunda, the vast host would only deploy into the Oriental seas to witness the capture of not a few of their number.
Herman MelvilleMoby Dick; Or, The WhaleProject Gutenberg ebook #2701
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We deploy relatively only a small portion of the whole, and let it wring itself out in a fire-combat which lasts for several hours, only interrupted now and again, and removed hither and thither by separate small shocks from charges with the bayonet and cavalry attacks.
Carl von ClausewitzOn WarTranslated by J. J. (James John) GrahamProject Gutenberg ebook #1946