Past tense of deploy
regular verb
The past tense of deploy is deployed. The past participle is also deployed.
Forms of deploy
| Base form (V1) | deploy /dɪˈplɔɪ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | deployed |
| Past participle (V3) | deployed |
| Present participle | deploying |
| Third person singular | deploys |
Deployed in a sentence
- 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...
- The archvillain deployed his minions to simultaneously rob every bank in the city.From the entry minion
- Troops were deployed in the violence-ridden province to re-establish law and order.From the entry violence-ridden
- The Fourth Army suffered such losses that its remainders were merged into the Second Army, also deployed on the Western front.From the entry army
- Clarence House has issued a joint statement with the Ministry of Defence, confirming that Prince Harry will be deployed to Iraq later this year.From the entry Clarence House
Meaning of deploy
- verb To prepare and arrange (originally military unit or units, i.e., to array troops) for use.
- verb To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.
- verb To install, test and implement a computer system or application.
Questions about the past tense of deploy
- What is the past tense of deploy?
- The past tense of deploy is deployed.
- What is the past participle of deploy?
- The past participle of deploy is deployed.
- Is deploy a regular or irregular verb?
- Deploy is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: deploy (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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