Definitions

deployment

[dih-ploi-muhnt] / dɪˈplɔɪ mənt /

NOUN

arrangement

Synonyms

STRONGEST

distribution formation stationing

STRONG

categorization classification disposal disposition grouping implementation lineup organization placement positioning

Example Sentences

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The venture, named the Deployment Company, has the backing of 19 investors, including Bain Capital and Brookfield Asset Management, according to the report.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

"Deployment of firearms officers remains an operational matter for the Chief Constable."

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Deployment is really fast, and time is money in oil fields.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

Appeared in the October 7, 2025, print edition as 'Illinois Sues To Halt Guard Deployment'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

Unless troops are already deployed for the advance, a Position of Assembly will need to be selected, with a further Position of Deployment; but these positions sometimes coincide.

From Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918 by Anonymous

Vocabulary lists containing deployment

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Obama's State of the Union Address, 2014

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