DEPLOY
Dictionary entry overview: What does deploy mean?
• DEPLOY (verb)
The verb DEPLOY has 2 senses:
1. place troops or weapons in battle formation
2. to distribute systematically or strategically
Familiarity information: DEPLOY used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DEPLOY (verb)
Meaning:
Place troops or weapons in battle formation
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "deploy" is one way to...):
position (cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deploy"):
play (put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
To distribute systematically or strategically
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
The U.S. deploys its weapons in the Middle East
Hypernyms (to "deploy" is one way to...):
distribute; spread (distribute or disperse widely)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deploy"):
redeploy (deploy anew)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
