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DEPLOYMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The distribution of forces in preparation for battle or work
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("deployment" is a kind of...):
preparation; readying (the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deployment"):
redeployment; redisposition (the withdrawal and redistribution of forces in an attempt to use them more effectively)
Derivation:
deploy (place troops or weapons in battle formation)
deploy (to distribute systematically or strategically)
