DEPLOYMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)