redeploy

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verb

re·​de·​ploy ˌrē-di-ˈplȯi 

redeployed; redeploying; redeploys

transitive verb

: to transfer from one area or activity to another

intransitive verb

: to relocate personnel or equipment

redeployment

ˌrē-di-ˈplȯi-mənt 

noun

redeployment

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noun

re·​de·​ploy·​ment ¦rē-di-¦plȯi-mənt 

: a relocation or reassignment of men or equipment

redeployment of United States forces from western Europe to the Far East

—E. L. Erickson

large-scale redeployment of labor

—Thomas Balogh

the Soviet Union's mammoth redeployment of industry into the Ural Mountains

—Newsweek

Examples of redeploy in a Sentence

Verb

The soldiers were redeployed to the country's capital.

Most units will redeploy to their home bases.

They redeployed their assets into mutual funds.

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

The battalion was once again redeployed to the West Bank 30 days later after undergoing an education seminar and additional training. — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 13 July 2026

The tech megacaps have had a rough year, as investors redeployed proceeds into semiconductor companies that are the clearest beneficiaries of the artificial intelligence buildout, as opposed to the companies paying for it. — Sarah Min, CNBC, 8 July 2026

Finally and most exciting, last week former Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo announced Raise Us, a new nonprofit that will invest $500M in new models for redeploying workers, including into the building trades. — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

The boards are then collected into clusters and redeployed as a general-purpose computing platform. — New Atlas, 2 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1945, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Rhymes for redeploy

• corduroy
• fauntleroy
• iroquois
• ahoy
• alloy
• annoy
• carboy
• convoy
• cowboy
• decoy
• deploy
• destroy