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- Dictionaryde·ploy/dəˈploi/
verb
- 1. move (troops or equipment) into position for military action: "forces were deployed at strategic locations" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of DEPLOY is to extend (a military unit) especially in width. How to use deploy in a sentence.
DEPLOY definition: 1. to use something or someone, especially in an effective way: 2. to move soldiers or equipment…. Learn more.
DEPLOY meaning: 1. to use something or someone, especially in an effective way: 2. to move soldiers or equipment…. Learn more.
To deploy means more than just dispersing troops, however — there is usually a specific formation in mind, consistent with military strategies. And you can deploy nonmilitary assets, too, like accounting teams before an IRS audit.
to arrange in a position of readiness, or to move strategically or appropriately: to deploy a battery of new missiles. verb (used without object) to spread out strategically or in an extended front or line. to come into a position ready for use: The plane can't land unless the landing gear deploys. deploy. / dɪˈplɔɪ / verb.
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.
1. to spread out (troops) so as to form an extended front or line. 2. to arrange, place, or move strategically or appropriately: to deploy missiles.
