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

In that scenario, a handful of boards, predisposed to redeploy capital toward the highest-conviction bet, would simply need to conclude that the highest-conviction bet has shifted. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026

In practice, 30 minutes scattered across 50 calendars, each piece too small to redeploy or remove. — Pankaj Prasoon, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Processing would then recover the uranium before crews redeploy the material. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026

By the time the Berlin Wall fell, these sounds would be remixed, reimagined, and redeployed in dance clubs around the world. — Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 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