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deployment

[ dih-ploi-muhnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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.
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.
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.

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

Nevertheless, after minimal bed rest, he was sent back out—and then on to a subsequent deployment.

Last week, Obama announced the deployment of 3,000 troops to Liberia to provide support to those fighting the disease.

If the technology works well, secrecy can inhibit its deployment.

But when Osama bin Laden was finally killed, the son found himself in Iraq, and it was not his first deployment.

During that deployment, as an adviser, I met with Iraqi counterparts weekly, sometimes more.

If deployment was the answer to that, it was certainly there—to a degree, at least.

Deployment was supposed to be the significant factor, there.

Orders for deployment; combat orders of divisions and brigades usually written.

Distance from hostile position at which deployment is made; foreground to be cleared of hostile detachments before deployment.

These had been left by a regular manœuvre,—a deployment—as the troop traversed the plain in coming to the field.

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