Deploy

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To position (troops) in readiness for combat, as along a front or line.
  • intransitive verb. To bring (forces or material) into action.
  • intransitive verb. To base (a weapons system) in the field.
  • intransitive verb. To distribute (persons or forces) systematically or strategically.
  • intransitive verb. To put into use or action.
  • intransitive verb. To be or become deployed.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Milit., the expansion or opening out of a body of troops previously compacted into a column, so as to present a more extended front.
  • Milit., to expand; display; extend in a line of small depth, as a division or a battalion which has been previously formed in one or more columns.
  • Milit., to open out; extend; move so as to form a more extended front or line: as, the regiment deployed to the right.
  • To spread out, as the lower end of a valley glacier which extends out on a plain.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb. To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the reverse of ploy.
  • transitive verb. To place (people or other resources) into a position so as to be ready to for action or use.
  • noun. The act of deploying; a spreading out of a body of men in order to extend their front.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To prepare and arrange (usually military unit or units) for use.
  • verb. To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.
  • verb. to install, test and implement a computer system or application.
  • noun. deployment
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. to distribute systematically or strategically
  • verb. place troops or weapons in battle formation
  • Word Usage
    "One that we're getting ready to deploy is data-loss prevention technologies."