deployment
/dɪˈplɔɪmənt/
deployment noun: an arrangement or classification of things. Also the ellipsis of software deployment.
Noun
deployment (countable and uncountable, plural deployments)
- An arrangement or classification of things.
- An implementation, or putting into use, of something.
- The distribution of military forces, especially prior to battle.
- Deployments […] which cause the soldier to turn his back to the enemy are not suited to war.1861, H. L. Scott, Military Dictionary: Comprising Technical Definitions
- The German chancellor has visited Lithuania to mark Berlin’s first permanent foreign troop deployment since the second world war, as he called on allies to dramatically expand their efforts to bolster European defences against a hostile Russia.2025 May 22, Deborah Cole, “German troops start first permanent foreign deployment since second world war”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
- The start of something.
Also used as
deployment is also the ellipsis of software deployment.
deployment meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
deployment in Hindi
- परिनियोजन, तैनाती
deployment in Urdu
- تعیناتی
deployment in Telugu
- మోహరింపు
deployment in Malayalam
- വിന്യാസം, വിന്യസിക്കൽ
More languagesFewer languages
- deployment in Kannada
- ನಿಯೋಜಿಸುವುದು
- deployment in Punjabi
- ਤਾਇਨਾਤੀ
- deployment in Gujarati
- જમાવટ
- deployment in Nepali
- तैनाती
- deployment in Arabic
- نَشْر našr
Examples of deployment in a sentence
- The line is flaked into the container for easy attachment and deployment.
- Once the SRBs decelerate following initial main-parachute deployment, the parachutes disreef in stages to gradually slow the boosters to a safe splashdown speed.
- They offered me a deployment overseas to see some action, but I declined. I prefer just staying in the rear with the gear.
Forms of deployment
| plural | deployments |
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Origin of deployment
From French déploiement. Also de- + ployment.
Words formed from deployment
Phrases with deployment
Questions about deployment
- What does deployment mean?
- Deployment means an arrangement or classification of things.
- What is deployment in Hindi?
- Deployment in Hindi is परिनियोजन, तैनाती. See Deployment meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is deployment?
- Deployment is a noun.
- How do you pronounce deployment?
- Deployment is pronounced /dɪˈplɔɪmənt/.
- What is the plural of deployment?
- The plural of deployment is deployments.
Words near deployment in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: deployment (page history and authors); deployment (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deployment (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deployment (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deployment (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deployment (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deployment (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deployment (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deployment (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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