deployment

From French déploiement. Also de- +‎ ployment.

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈplɔɪmənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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deployment (countable and uncountable, plural deployments)

1. An arrangement or classification of things.
2. An implementation, or putting into use, of something.
3. (computing) Ellipsis of software deployment, the installation of software, in particular on servers.
   • 2007, Bill Stackpole, Patrick Hanrion, Software Deployment, Updating, and Patching, Auerbach Publications, →ISBN, page 302:

     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.

4. (military) The distribution of military forces, especially prior to battle.
   • 1861, H. L. Scott, Military Dictionary: Comprising Technical Definitions:

     Deployments […] which cause the soldier to turn his back to the enemy are not suited to war.

   • 2025 May 22, Deborah Cole, “German troops start first permanent foreign deployment since second world war”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     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   • 2025 July 21, “Deployment of all 700 active-duty marines to Los Angeles withdrawn”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN: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Sean Parnell, confirmed to the Guardian on Monday that the entire deployment of 700 active-duty US marines was being withdrawn from Los Angeles more than a month after Donald Trump sent them to the city against objections of local leaders.

5. (parachuting) The start of something.

• research and development

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