deployment

[ dih-ploi-muhnt ]

noun

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.

Other Words From

• count·er·de·ploy·ment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of deployment¹

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

Example Sentences

The UAE’s decision makes it the first foreign country to follow China’s lead in deploying a vaccine ahead of completing final-stage clinical trials, underscoring China’s growing clout in the global vaccine race.

From Fortune

He declined to provide any details about the software Mastercard is using to deploy its test network, other than to say it involves blockchain—the same technology on which Bitcoin is built.

From Fortune

Organization and communication can get support from society, and that can change everything, including what governments plan to deploy.

From Fortune

We’re not going to be able to do this in a year or one election cycle because the resources that the current duopoly have to deploy, to play their game, are substantial.

From Freakonomics

Simulations suggest that as much as 30% of Vera Rubin’s images will be plagued by at least one Starlink satellite trail when the full constellation is deployed.

From MIT Technology Review

Nevertheless, after minimal bed rest, he was sent back out—and then on to a subsequent deployment.

From The Daily Beast

Last week, Obama announced the deployment of 3,000 troops to Liberia to provide support to those fighting the disease.

From The Daily Beast

If the technology works well, secrecy can inhibit its deployment.

From The Daily Beast

But when Osama bin Laden was finally killed, the son found himself in Iraq, and it was not his first deployment.

From The Daily Beast

During that deployment, as an adviser, I met with Iraqi counterparts weekly, sometimes more.

From The Daily Beast

If deployment was the answer to that, it was certainly there—to a degree, at least.

From Project Gutenberg

Deployment was supposed to be the significant factor, there.

From Project Gutenberg

Orders for deployment; combat orders of divisions and brigades usually written.

From Project Gutenberg

Distance from hostile position at which deployment is made; foreground to be cleared of hostile detachments before deployment.

From Project Gutenberg

These had been left by a regular manœuvre,—a deployment—as the troop traversed the plain in coming to the field.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• distribution
• formation
• stationing