deployment

English

Etymology

From French déploiement

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈplɔɪmənt/

Noun

deployment (countable and uncountable, plural deployments)

1. An arrangement or classification of things.
2. An implementation, or putting into use, of something.
3. The distribution of military forces prior to battle.
   • H. L. Scott

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

4. (parachuting) the start of something

Derived terms

• ployment
• software deployment

Translations

arrangement or classification of things

• Finnish: asettelu (fi)

• Russian: размеще́ние (ru) n (razmeščénije)

implementation, or putting into use, of something

• Estonian: juurutama
• Finnish: käyttöönotto
• French: déploiement (fr) m

• Russian: внедре́ние (ru) n (vnedrénije)
• Spanish: implementación f

distribution of military forces prior to battle

• Czech: nasazení n
• Finnish: joukkojen asettelu (fi)
• French: déploiement (fr) m

• Russian: размеще́ние (ru) n (razmeščénije), развёртывание (ru) n (razvjórtyvanije)
• Spanish: despliegue (es) m

when used in the context of parachuting: the start of something

Related terms

• research and development