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

Heames told the Journal that the carrier is being supplied regularly and that the crew is motivated despite questions about its open-ended deployment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

President Nayib Bukele ordered the rapid deployment after four Salvadoran personnel, who were operating in Haiti as part of a UN-backed anti-gang force, went missing in an ambush attack on October 18.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The deployment will beef up Operation Moonbeam, the annual police response to fireworks-linked criminality which is now in its ninth year.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The next step is for Amazon to show how widely it can reproduce the improvements, and what deployment costs.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

I nearly suffocated in my vapor bath while trying to strengthen my lungs prior to deployment.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

Sullivan, 61, only retired from the US Marines as recently as 2024, after a 30-year career that included deployments in to Afghanistan and the Middle East.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

The deployments of guided-missile destroyers that accompany them and enforce the blockade also have been extended, taxing both the warships and their crews, according to officials familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Oracle said it will support TPU deployments with power, cooling and networking.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

With both Ethiopia and Eritrea reinforcing troop deployments along their border, the international community has expressed mounting concern about the risk of a new war.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

And, amid these deployments, Lefty Stephanides, carrying two corsages, stepped out the front door of his house and began walking to the house where Victoria Pappas lived.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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