English verb: deploy | |||
1. | deploy (competition) place troops or weapons in battle formation | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | position | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | play | ||
2. | deploy (contact) to distribute systematically or strategically | ||
Samples | The U.S. deploys its weapons in the Middle East. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | distribute, spread | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | redeploy | ||