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deploying

deploying is the present participle and gerund of deploy.

Meaning of deploy

Verb

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

  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.
    Synonyms:
    field
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.
    • He waited tensely for his parachute to deploy.
  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.

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Questions about deploying

What is deploying the present participle and gerund of?
Deploying is the present participle and gerund of deploy.

Words near deploying in the dictionary

  1. deployed
  2. deployee
  3. deployees
  4. deployer
  5. deployers
  6. deploying
  7. deployment
  8. deployment goggles
  9. deployments
  10. deploys
  11. deplumate

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