Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to deploy
Participle: deployed
Gerund: deploying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | deploy |
| you | deploy |
| he;she;it | deploys |
| we | deploy |
| you | deploy |
| they | deploy |
Perfect
| I | have deployed |
| you | have deployed |
| he;she;it | has deployed |
| we | have deployed |
| you | have deployed |
| they | have deployed |
Past
| I | deployed |
| you | deployed |
| he;she;it | deployed |
| we | deployed |
| you | deployed |
| they | deployed |
Pluperfect
| I | had deployed |
| you | had deployed |
| he;she;it | had deployed |
| we | had deployed |
| you | had deployed |
| they | had deployed |
Future
| I | will deploy |
| you | will deploy |
| he;she;it | will deploy |
| we | will deploy |
| you | will deploy |
| they | will deploy |
Future Perfect
| I | will have deployed |
| you | will have deployed |
| he;she;it | will have deployed |
| we | will have deployed |
| you | will have deployed |
| they | will have deployed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | deploy |
| you | deploy |
| he;she;it | deploy |
| we | deploy |
| you | deploy |
| they | deploy |
Perfect
| I | have deployed |
| you | have deployed |
| he;she;it | have deployed |
| we | have deployed |
| you | have deployed |
| they | have deployed |
Imperfect
| I | deployed |
| you | deployed |
| he;she;it | deployed |
| we | deployed |
| you | deployed |
| they | deployed |
Pluperfect
| I | had deployed |
| you | had deployed |
| he;she;it | had deployed |
| we | had deployed |
| you | had deployed |
| they | had deployed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would deploy |
| you | would deploy |
| he;she;it | would deploy |
| we | would deploy |
| you | would deploy |
| they | would deploy |
Perfect
| I | would have deployed |
| you | would have deployed |
| he;she;it | would have deployed |
| we | would have deployed |
| you | would have deployed |
| they | would have deployed |
Imperative
| you | deploy |
| we | Let's deploy |
| you | deploy |
Verbs conjugated like 'deploy'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'deploy'
declog,
decoy,
deflow,
deflox,
delay,
deplore,
deputy,
employ,
imploy,
ploy,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1786 as a military word, from Fr.
déployer "unroll, unfold," from O.Fr.
desployer "unfold," from L.
displicare "unfold, scatter," from
dis- +
plicare "to fold" see ply (v.)).
2. 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. See: French '
déployer', Old French '
desploiier'.
Verbs referencing "deploy"
Spanish
desplegar, German, old spelling
deployen.
Sample Sentences
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"Deploy two units of infantry along the enemy's flank," the general ordered.
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deploy some lifeguards on the beach
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Teachers can deploy a wide range of resources in their classrooms.
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The carriage, which was at full gallop, stopped suddenly; the guards deployed round, and Mademoiselle alighted. She advanced with the step of an empress, till she came beside the Queen, when, dropping on her knee, she kissed the hem of her robe, and then the royal hand. [1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 293:]
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EMR will deploy 18 of the 21 '360s' in daily service, operating them in 12-car formations at peak times. [2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 53:]
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It is unlikely City will play that deep consistently going forward, but it was interesting to see such an attacking manager like Guardiola deploy a shape without a recognised striker, given his previous quotes about the formation. [2025 September 21, Shamoon Hafez, “Guardiola gamble almost pays off as Liverpool cash in”, in BBC Sport:]
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He waited tensely for his parachute to deploy.
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deploy the airbag
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The airbag will deploy on collision.
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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. [2012 December 26, John Branch, “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2013:]
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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.