French word

déployer

Pronunciation

IPA/deplwaje/

Meaning

  • verbspread

Example

Elle déploie ses ailes pour s'envoler.

She spreads her wings to fly away.

Illustration for déployer (spread)

More examples

Le coach a déployé une stratégie pour la deuxième mi-temps.

The coach deployed a strategy for the second half.

Core concept

A folded thing opening outward, with its reach or force spreading across a wider space.

Common phrases

  • déployer une stratégie

    deploy a strategy

  • déployer ses ailes

    spread its wings

Similar words

ouvrir: To open a closed object and reveal its inside.
déplier: To unfold something until it lies flat.
étendre: To increase the length or range of something.
étaler: To spread something widely and thinly across a surface.

Definition in French

Ouvrir ou étendre ce qui était replié ; employer aussi pour étendre progressivement des moyens, des actions ou des capacités.

Word origin

French déployer comes from Old French desploier, formed from des- meaning 'apart' and ploier meaning 'to fold', ultimately from Latin plicare.

Usage tips

  • Compared with everyday ouvrir or déplier, déployer is especially common for formal, strategic, or figurative expansion.

Other meanings

  • deployverb

Opposites

Related words

  • déploiementdeploymentnoun
  • déployabledeployableadjective
  • déployédeployedadjective

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