deployment

American  

[dih-ploi-muhnt] / dɪˈplɔɪ mənt /

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.

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Other Word Forms

• counterdeployment noun

Etymology

Origin of deployment

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

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

Bloom, a San Jose, Calif.-based power generation company, said that an initial 1.2 gigawatts of capacity has been contracted with deployment under way and continuing into next year.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Over an hour into a high-speed chase with the suspect, the sheriff’s department botched the deployment of a “grappler” net system intended to entangle the back wheels of the car to slow it down.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

Now, it is moving to speed up deployment of renewables.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

CoreWeave on Friday announced a multiyear agreement to provide artificial-intelligence start-up Anthropic with infrastructure for the development and deployment of its Claude AI models.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Day 2 A problem in the deployment of the boom that supports the science scan platform.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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