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 | ||