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.
Example Sentences
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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
For those Barron’s readers who invested in S&P Global before the post-publication selloff, it is a personal decision—as all investment decisions are—whether to cut their losses and redeploy remaining capital elsewhere.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
If people lose their jobs as a result, “I get to redeploy them, to do something else of more value,” Krishna said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
The degradation of these systems reportedly led the US to redeploy Thaad components from South Korea to the Middle East.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 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
"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
Some of those larger ships have been redeployed to other, longer routes as import-dependent countries seek to diversify supplies from the Middle East.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
Ionesco’s brand of absurdism is indebted to classic French farce, which is redeployed in lunatic fashion to lampoon the nonsensical nature of human existence.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
Qantas cut June-quarter domestic capacity by 5% but redeployed capacity to meet strong European travel demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
Arriving on 13 October 1943, they were redeployed to the Ellice Islands in the Micronesia group the next day.
From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor
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
A “tsunami” of CDs coming due is vexing savers who are worried about redeploying their money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
“The operating reality has changed, and we are redeploying capital into higher-return growth opportunities: Ford Pro, our market-leading trucks and vans, hybrids and high-margin opportunities like our new battery energy-storage business,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025
"The operating reality has changed, and we are redeploying capital into higher-return growth opportunities," Mr Farley added, pointing to trucks, vans, hybrid vehicles and the company's energy storage business.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 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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