deployment

Sending people or equipment to where they are needed and making them ready to work.

• Deployment of the equipment took two days.
• The emergency required rapid deployment of medical teams.
• Better deployment of staff reduced waiting times.

How to use it: deployment of something to somewhere (The deployment of rescue teams to the coast began at dawn.)

Similar words: positioning, mobilization

Common phrases: deployment of resources, rapid deployment, deployment of troops

Making a new system, program, or method available for people to use.

• Software deployment begins tonight.
• We tested the application before deployment.
• The deployment of the new system went smoothly.

How to use it: deployment of something (Deployment of the new payment system starts next week.)

Similar words: implementation, rollout

Common phrases: software deployment, deployment of software, successful deployment

Moving soldiers into the places where they will fight or carry out a military task.

• The general ordered a new deployment.
• Troop deployment along the border increased last month.
• Her first overseas deployment lasted six months.

How to use it: deployment to somewhere (The soldiers prepared for deployment to the border.)

Similar words: stationing, positioning

Opposites: withdrawal

Common phrases: troop deployment, military deployment, deployment of forces