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# deployment

«deployment» in Mova's school dictionary: **Sending soldiers, ships or equipment to a place so they…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a deployment, deployments; also uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sending soldiers, ships or equipment to a place so they are ready to act. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deployment/#m1)

2) Putting something into use, for example opening a parachute, inflating an airbag, or releasing new software. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deployment/#m2)

3) A time when a soldier is sent away to serve. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deployment/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In news and military history, a deployment means troops sent somewhere; children of service families talk about a parent being «on deployment». In technology, deployment is when an airbag or parachute opens, or a new app version is released. Phrases: «on deployment», «troop deployment», «airbag deployment».

### examples

- Dad is away on deployment for six months. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deployment/#x1)
- The deployment of troops was on the evening news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deployment/#x2)
- The airbag's deployment saved the driver from injury. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deployment/#x3)
- The rover's parachute deployment went perfectly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deployment/#x4)
- The deployment of the new app is planned for Monday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deployment/#x5)
- The fire service ordered the deployment of more engines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deployment/#x6)
- Families wrote letters during the long deployment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deployment/#x7)
- In addition to the Council which was being held, there were games and tournaments and brilliant deployments of troops, and universal feastings and enjoyments. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deployment/#x8)

### note

Noun from the verb «deploy» (to send out or put into use). Can be countable (a long deployment) or uncountable. Often used in formal and military language.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «deployment» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deployment/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.