deploy
verb /dɪˈplɔɪ/
/dɪˈplɔɪ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they deploy | /dɪˈplɔɪ/ /dɪˈplɔɪ/ |
| he / she / it deploys | /dɪˈplɔɪz/ /dɪˈplɔɪz/ |
| past simple deployed | /dɪˈplɔɪd/ /dɪˈplɔɪd/ |
| past participle deployed | /dɪˈplɔɪd/ /dɪˈplɔɪd/ |
| -ing form deploying | /dɪˈplɔɪɪŋ/ /dɪˈplɔɪɪŋ/ |
- deploy somebody/something to move soldiers or weapons into a position where they are ready for military action
- 2 000 troops were deployed in the area.
- At least 5 000 missiles were deployed along the border.
- Tanks were deployed effectively during the long campaign.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- effectively
- successfully
- widely
- …
- against
- deploy something (formal) to use something effectively
- to deploy arguments/resources
- She rejected the arguments that had been deployed against her.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- effectively
- successfully
- widely
- …
- against
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French déployer, from Latin displicare and late Latin deplicare ‘unfold or explain’, from dis-, de- ‘un-’ + plicare ‘to fold’. Compare with display.