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# deploy

verb (deploy, deploys, deployed, deploying)

«deploy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To deploy soldiers, ships or equipment is to send them to a place, ready to be used. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deploy/#m1)
2. To deploy something is to open it out or put it into action, like an airbag or a parachute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deploy/#m2)
3. In computing, to deploy a program or website is to put it where people can use it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deploy/#m3)

### In the lessons

In history and the news, armies deploy troops. In science and safety, a car's airbags deploy in a crash and a parachute deploys to slow a fall. In coding lessons, children deploy a game or website. Phrases: «deploy troops», «the airbag deployed», «deploy an app».

### Examples

- The army deployed soldiers to help after the flood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deploy/#x1)
- The airbag deployed when the car hit the wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deploy/#x2)
- The parachute deployed and the capsule landed slowly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deploy/#x3)
- Lifeboats were deployed to rescue the sailors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deploy/#x4)
- We deployed our game so the whole class could play it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deploy/#x5)
- Rescue teams were deployed to the mountain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deploy/#x6)
- The spacecraft deployed its solar panels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deploy/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: deployed, deploying. Noun: «deployment». A formal word; in everyday talk «send» or «use» is common. Safety: children under 12 usually ride in the back seat, partly because front airbags deploy with great force. Not a number word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «deploy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deploy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«deploy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/deploy.html) on Mova free.