deploy

verb

1. (ergative, transitive)To prepare and arrange (originally military unit or units, i.e., to array troops) for use.

   “"Deploy two units of infantry along the enemy's flank," the general ordered.”

   “deploy some lifeguards on the beach”

   “Teachers can deploy a wide range of resources in their classrooms.”

   “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.”

   “EMR will deploy 18 of the 21 '360s' in daily service, operating them in 12-car formations at peak times.”

2. (intransitive, transitive)To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.

   “He waited tensely for his parachute to deploy.”

   “deploy the airbag”

   “The airbag will deploy on collision.”

   “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. To install, test and implement a computer system or application.

   “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.”

noun

1. Deployment.

   “Rolling back the bad deploy will usually solve the immediate production problem, but your team isn't done yet.”

2. (dated)Deployment.