# deployment

Pronunciation: US say "di-PLOY-muhnt" /dɪˈplɔɪmənt/; UK

## Noun

1. The act of implementing something or putting it into active use.
   - Simple: The act of putting something into use.
   - _The company's deployment of renewable energy systems reduced its operating costs significantly._
   - _Successful deployment of the policy required months of careful planning._
2. The distribution of military forces, especially in preparation for battle.
   - Simple: The way an army spreads out its soldiers and equipment, often before a fight.
   - _Satellite images revealed the deployment of armored units across the valley._
   - _Commanders debated the deployment of reserves in the hours before dawn._
3. Ellipsis of software deployment. — Ellipsis of software deployment, the installation of software, in particular on servers.
   - Simple: Short for software deployment: putting software onto computers, especially servers. Use this short form when the context is already about software.
   - _Each deployment runs through an automated set of tests before going live._
   - _The engineers paused the deployment after spotting an error in the logs._
4. The way in which a set of things is arranged or sorted into classes.
   - Simple: A way of arranging or sorting things into a particular order or group.
   - _The essay's deployment of evidence built steadily toward its conclusion._
   - _Critics praised the novel's clever deployment of recurring symbols._
5. The start or beginning of something.
   - Simple: The point when something opens up or begins to work, like a parachute.
   - _The deployment of the canopy slowed her descent sharply._
   - _Instructors stressed checking altitude before deployment of the reserve chute._

## Origin

From French déploiement, and also analyzable as de- combined with ployment.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/deployment (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).