Dictionary

deployment en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈplɔɪmənt/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From French déploiement. Also de- + ployment.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An arrangement or classification of things.
2. (countable, uncountable) An implementation, or putting into use, of something.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of software deployment, the installation of software, in particular on servers.
   alt of software deployment
   • The exception to this methodology is emergency updates, which have too short a deployment window to make staged deployment practical. When an update package is scheduled to be deployed in stages, the target groups must be identified as part of the deployment preparation. 2007, Bill Stackpole, Patrick Hanrion, Software Deployment, Updating, and Patching, Auerbach Publications, →ISBN, page 302:
4. (countable, uncountable) The distribution of military forces, especially prior to battle.
   • 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 Pentagon’s chief spokesperson, Sean Parnell, confirmed to the Guardian on Monday that the entire deployment of 700 active-duty US marines was being withdrawn from Los Angeles more than a month after Donald Trump sent them to the city against objections of local leaders. 2025 July 21, “Deployment of all 700 active-duty marines to Los Angeles withdrawn”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • 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:
5. (countable, uncountable) The start of something.

Forms

Deriveds

blue-green deployment · ployment · maldeployment · deployment goggles · redeployment · nondeployment · postdeployment · counterdeployment · predeployment

Hyponyms

continuous deployment · software deployment · subdeployment

Relateds

research and development

Translations (39)

fi asettelu (arrangement or classification of things) · ru размеще́ние (distribution of military forces prior to battle) · es desplegadura (distribution of military forces prior to battle) · de Einsatz (when used in the context of parachuting: the start of something) · tr teslimat (implementation, or putting into use, of something) · de Entsendung (distribution of military forces prior to battle) · it apertura (when used in the context of parachuting: the start of something) · de Anordnung (arrangement or classification of things) · fi käyttöönotto (implementation, or putting into use, of something) · tr dağıtım (implementation, or putting into use, of something) · de Aufmarsch (distribution of military forces prior to battle) · it dispiego (distribution of military forces prior to battle) · ru развёртывание (distribution of military forces prior to battle) · it diffusione (implementation, or putting into use, of something) · ru внедре́ние (implementation, or putting into use, of something) · tr savaş düzeni alma (distribution of military forces prior to battle) · ru размеще́ние (arrangement or classification of things) · de Stationierung (distribution of military forces prior to battle) · et juurutama (implementation, or putting into use, of something) · ca desplegament (distribution of military forces prior to battle) · de Dislozierung (distribution of military forces prior to battle) · de Luftlandung (when used in the context of parachuting: the start of something) · fi joukkojen asettelu (distribution of military forces prior to battle) · de Auslieferung (implementation, or putting into use, of something) · de Aufstellung (distribution of military forces prior to battle) · de Aufstellung (arrangement or classification of things) · es despliegue (distribution of military forces prior to battle) · pt destacamento (implementation, or putting into use, of something) · it implementazione (implementation, or putting into use, of something) · fr déploiement (distribution of military forces prior to battle) · fr déploiement (implementation, or putting into use, of something) · tr konuşlanma (distribution of military forces prior to battle) · de Verteilung (implementation, or putting into use, of something) · it distribuzione (implementation, or putting into use, of something) · ar نَشْر (distribution of military forces prior to battle) · cs nasazení (distribution of military forces prior to battle) · mi whakahoranga (implementation, or putting into use, of something) · pt mobilização (distribution of military forces prior to battle) · de In-Stellung-Bringen (distribution of military forces prior to battle)