redeploy
Americanverb (used with object)
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redeploys,
present (3rd person singular)
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redeployed,
past participle, past
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redeploying
present participle
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to transfer (a unit, a person, supplies, etc.) from one theater of operations to another.
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to move or allocate to a different position, use, function, or the like; reassign.
verb (used without object)
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redeploys,
present (3rd person singular)
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redeployed,
past participle, past
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redeploying
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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redeploysimple
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redeployssimple
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have redeployedperfect
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has redeployedperfect
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am redeployingprogressive
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are redeployingprogressive
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is redeployingprogressive
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have been redeployingperfect progressive
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has been redeployingperfect progressive
Past
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redeployedsimple
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had redeployedperfect
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was redeployingprogressive
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were redeployingprogressive
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had been redeployingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of redeploy
Explanation
To redeploy is to send out again or reassign to a new location, the way an army at war redeploys soldiers to places where there's new fighting. A busy catering company might redeploy workers to a wedding reception that needs extra servers, and an aid agency could decide to redeploy additional doctors and nurses to a country that's suffered from earthquakes. To deploy is to move people, especially military troops. Add the "again" prefix, re-, and you're moving those troops to a new location or a new task.
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The action that Trump took was to redeploy an aircraft carrier, the USS George Washington, from Japan to the Middle East, where it will replace the USS Abraham Lincoln.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
Radev said that, following the latest incident, Bulgaria had boosted its surveillance and would redeploy troops and soldiers to the borders to detect drones and employ anti-drone measures.
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
Office managers who pivoted to business-operations roles, for instance, could redeploy most of their existing skills onto a track with more momentum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
Selling would allow me to redeploy that equity into income-generating investments.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 19, 2026
Because the harsh conditions in Iraq are wearing out equipment more quickly than anticipated, many units do not have fully functional equipment for training when they redeploy to the United States.
From The Iraq Study Group Report by Iraq Study Group (U.S.)
TD Cowen analyst David Kwan says move reaffirms “a significant re-rating as it sells its U.S. businesses and redeploys the capital into the very attractive Canadian market.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
The Clarify supposedly redeploys the brain to pick up sounds translated to vibrations on the wrist.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024
One piece recycles cleaning mops, another redeploys a large metal tumbler from the back of a concrete truck.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
The Indian military has undergone a significant reorientation in recent years as it redeploys resources and troops once targeted toward Pakistan to confront China, its massive northern neighbor.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2021
Having used Tilda Swinton in that movie, as the suavest of bloodsuckers, he redeploys her here as a Buddha-worshipping, sword-swiping mortician named Zelda Winston.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 14, 2019
Full ownership should also simplify Public Financial’s ownership structure, reduce listing and compliance costs, and allow resources to be redeployed to core banking operations, she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
"In response to the surge in fuel prices, we quickly adjusted fares and capacity, and redeployed aircraft to give customers more options to fly to Europe."
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The drills announcement came as the USS George Washington aircraft carrier is being redeployed from the Pacific to the Middle East.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Many affected have been redeployed or agreed to voluntary redundancy.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
More recently, many of these troops have been redeployed back to Burundi to deal with periodic upsurges in rebel activity.
From The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
PepsiCo anticipates retraining and redeploying some drivers to other types of work, including managing the new equipment, synchronizing the movement of people who go to the stores, or handling the unloading themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Because the drugs have already been developed and approved, redeploying them can be more straightforward than starting from scratch with new formulas.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Clearly, investors have been moving money out of highflying AI-related stocks and redeploying cash to basic, analog businesses.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 9, 2025
The DWP said it was redeploying staff to help to sick and disabled people into work, and was modernising job centres with new digital tools.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2025
United said it was canceling 170 flights on Tuesday and redeploying other planes to replace Max 9s on 45 others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2024
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