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deploy

/dɪpˈlɔɪ/dih-PLOY
/dɪpˈlɔɪ/dih-PLOY

Meaningunfold

Common meaning: position or put into use

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchdesployer‘unfold’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftsunfold → to unroildesployer‘to unroil’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto unroil → position or put into usedeploy‘position or put into use’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old French desployer ‘unfold’.

Did you know (Deploy and display…): our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry DEPLOY, p. 161 · dictionary scan

Did you know (Display and deploy…): our wording, based on Skeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), entry DISPLAY, p. 145 · dictionary scan

Roots

Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app