different between deployment vs deploy

English

Etymology

From French déploiement. Also de- +? ployment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??pl??m?nt/

Noun

deployment (countable and uncountable, plural deployments)

1. An arrangement or classification of things.
2. An implementation, or putting into use, of something.
3. The distribution of military forces prior to battle.
   • H. L. Scott

     Deployments […] which cause the soldier to turn his back to the enemy are not suited to war.

4. (parachuting) the start of something

Antonyms

• ployment

Hyponyms

Related terms

• research and development

Translations

References

• deployment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French déployer (“to unroll, unfold”), from Old French desploiier, itself from des- + ploiier, or possibly from Late Latin displic?re (“to unfold, display”), from Latin dis- (“apart”) + plicare (“to fold”). Doublet of display.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??pl??/

Verb

deploy (third-person singular simple present deploys, present participle deploying, simple past and past participle deployed)

1. (transitive, ergative) To prepare and arrange (usually military unit or units) for use.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.

   • At first she thought she would be embarrassed that she had deployed her air bag, that the other expert skiers she was with, more than a dozen of them, would have a good laugh at her panicked overreaction.

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

Related terms

• deployment
• redeploy

Translations

Noun

deploy (plural deploys)

1. (military, dated) deployment

Further reading

• deploy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• deploy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• deploy at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• ployed, podley, polyed