deploy

Meaning

Verb

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

Noun

1. Deployment.
2. (dated) Deployment.

Synonyms

spread out

place

unfold

position

unroll

utilize

roll out

dispose

station

🚉

employ

allocate

array

marshal

effuse

embed

emplace

evolve

expand

explicate

exploit

expound

extend

fit out

fix up

fort

fund

furnish

give

give forth

grubstake

inset

instal

install

invest

launch

lay

layout

lead

line up

locate

maneuver

march

mobilize

move

outfit

parade

plant

🌱

propagate

provide

put

Translations

desplegar

déployer

aufstellen

spiegare

einsetzen

aufmarschieren lassen

formieren

aufbieten

entfalten

schierare

stationieren

anwenden

diffondere

verteidigen

παρατάσσω

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈplɔɪ/

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.