(military, dated) Deployment.

(transitive, ergative) To prepare and arrange (usually military unit or units) for use. / (transitive, intransitive) To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.

present participle of deploy

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deploy

simple past tense and past participle of deploy

An arrangement or classification of things. / An implementation, or putting into use, of something. / The distribution of military forces prior to battle. / (parachuting) the start of something

(humorous, military, slang) A tendency to regard people as more sexually attractive than one usually would, as a result of being deployed to a region where there are few potential partners.

Of the clasp of a wristwatch: having an expanding metal mechanism used for fitting the two ends of the strap together.

The extent to which something is deployable

Something, such as a software package or a military resource, that may be deployed.