deployment

American  

[dih-ploi-muhnt] / dɪˈplɔɪ mənt /

noun

• deployments
  plural

1. the act of moving something or someone into a strategic position or a position of readiness, or the condition of being in such a position.

   Delays in the deployment of armored vehicles and body armor can cost lives on the front lines.

   Our team is highly experienced in the design, development, and deployment of customized IT solutions for healthcare facilities.

2. the state of being assigned for duty away from home, especially for military purposes.

   Encouragement and support are essential to help returning veterans handle the long-term impacts of deployment and reintegration into a nonmilitary daily routine.

   Community health workers on deployment are assisting in disaster recovery.

3. a period of time during which a person or group is assigned for duty away from home, especially for military purposes.

   She is a helicopter pilot on her second deployment to Afghanistan.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• counterdeployment
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• deployments
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of deployment

First recorded in 1775–85; deploy ( def. ) + -ment ( def. )

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Explanation

Deployment is a word, often used by the military, for sending troops into duty. A soldier could be part of a deployment to the Middle East. Deployment refers to assigning people to serve in various locations, especially soldiers and other military personnel. A deployment may include soldiers, as well as equipment and generals. Deployments might be part of a war or a peaceful mission. Also, non-military organizations use this word too: they might speak of a deployment of workers to a new office. When you see the word deployment, you know people are being sent somewhere for a specific mission.

Example Sentences

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deployment deployments

But Sung, Bennett and Miller stayed his order, finding that the California deployment could go forward under an obscure and virtually untested subsection of the law.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja attributed the move to “managing our capital deployment efficiently,” on the company’s earnings call.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Nearly half reported welfare facilities during wildfire deployment were insufficient.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

DeepSeek's low cost and ease of deployment have made it a popular choice in developing countries, analysts say.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

This sharpened the feelings in the physics community and among the program’s civilian leadership that discussions about the deployment of the bomb and postwar management of its technology should be urgently stepped up.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Earlier this week, Microsoft announced plans to expand its Maia systems to multigigawatt deployments starting in 2027, making them its primary infrastructure for inference across its products and services.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The force had also responded to public order protests outside its areas as part of an agreement to support deployments nationally, as well as helping the fire service as it tackled wildfires, Hobrough said.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

It would add around 10,000 more troops to the region, putting further strain on the Navy, which has been under pressure from near-record deployments and supply shortages.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

There is a misconception that greater connectivity with family and friends acts as a kind of salve for longer deployments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Over the years, over the subsequent deployments, I sent her hundreds of letters.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

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