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deploy

verb
/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.

  1. derived from dis-
  2. derived from displicāre
  3. derived from desploiier
  4. borrowed from déployer

Definitions

  1. To prepare and arrange (originally military unit or units, i.e., to array troops) for use.

    • "Deploy two units of infantry along the enemy's flank," the general ordered.
    • deploy some lifeguards on the beach
    • Teachers can deploy a wide range of resources in their classrooms.

  2. To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.

    • He waited tensely for his parachute to deploy.
    • deploy the airbag
    • The airbag will deploy on collision.

  3. To install, test and implement a computer system or application.

    • The process for the deployment scenario includes: building a master installation of the operating system, creating its image and deploying the image onto a destination computer.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Deployment.

      • Rolling back the bad deploy will usually solve the immediate production problem, but your team isn't done yet.

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Derived

deployability, deployable, deployee, deployer, nondeployed, outdeploy, predeployed, undeploy, undeployed

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for deploy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA