Words / C1

di-PLOYM-uh-nt/dɪˈplɔɪmənt/

Deployment is sending people or resources into position: the deployment of staff, troop deployment. Deploy is the verb (B2). Use and sending are everyday; rollout is a close cousin for systems. The word is military, technical, and official. Do not write deployment for putting plates on a table.

Meaning

The act of sending people or resources into position for use.

Examples

• “The deployment of extra buses eased the crush.”
• “Deployment of extra buses after 4 p.m. cut the queues, not the fares.”
• “A software deployment at midnight is the technical sense: going live, not a battalion.”

Good to know

Sending resources into use. Verb: deploy. Everyday: sending / a rollout. Official/military/technical. Not laying the table.

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