deploy

C1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /dɪˈplɔɪ/ See IPA manual

Freq #11876

Meanings

1

verb
To move troops or equipment into position ready for action.

The general deployed two units along the enemy's flank.
2

verb
To use something effectively for a particular purpose.

The company deployed all its resources to win the contract.
3

verb
To install and put a computer system or software into use.

The team will deploy the new app to the servers tonight.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms deployeddeployingdeploys

Derived forms deployabilitydeployabledeployeedeployernondeployedoutdeploypredeployedundeployundeployed

Related forms deploymentredeploy

Simplified etymology

Deploy dates from late Middle English and goes back to Latin displicare “scatter, disperse,” which developed the sense “unfold” in medieval Latin and also gave rise to display. Deploy was not used of troops until the late 18th century.

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.

*pleḱ- Proto-Indo-European déployer French desploiier Old French displicāre la-lat dis- Latin

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Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# deploy

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈplɔɪ/
**Frequency rank:** 11876

## Meanings
1. To move troops or equipment into position ready for action.
2. To use something effectively for a particular purpose.
3. To install and put a computer system or software into use.

## Examples
- The general deployed two units along the enemy's flank.
- The company deployed all its resources to win the contract.
- The team will deploy the new app to the servers tonight.

## Derived Forms
- deployability
- deployable
- deployee
- deployer
- nondeployed
- outdeploy
- predeployed
- undeploy
- undeployed

## Related Forms
- deployment
- redeploy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *pleḱ-
- Root: déployer
- Root: desploiier
- Root: displicāre
- Root: dis-

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Deploy is 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. The historical chain includes *pleḱ- (Proto-Indo-European), déployer (French), desploiier (Old French), displicāre (Late Latin), and dis- (Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as deployability, deployable, deployee, and deployer and related forms such as deployment and redeploy. In present use it covers to move troops or equipment into position ready for action, to use something effectively for a particular purpose, and to install and put a computer system or software into use.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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