redeploy

verb

re·​de·​ploy ˌrē-di-ˈplȯi How to pronounce redeploy (audio)
redeployed; redeploying; redeploys

transitive verb

: to transfer from one area or activity to another

intransitive verb

: to relocate personnel or equipment
redeployment noun

Examples of redeploy in a Sentence

The soldiers were redeployed to the country's capital. Most units will redeploy to their home bases. They redeployed their assets into mutual funds.
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Tanuj Kapilashrami, chief strategy and talent officer at Standard Chartered, told McKinsey in a recent interview that the global bank calculated roughly $49,000 in savings per employee reskilled and redeployed internally, compared with sourcing the same skill set through external hiring. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026 Equipment was redeployed Monday afternoon and evening to the South Coast to assist municipalities responding to extraordinary levels of snowfall. Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2026 MassDOT is redeploying equipment to the South Coast to help clear snow. Matt Schooley, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026 Among the goals of this voyage of the Araon has been to recover and redeploy a series of undersea moorings in the waters around two of Antarctica’s fastest-melting glaciers, Thwaites and Pine Island. New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for redeploy

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of redeploy was in 1945

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“Redeploy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redeploy. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.

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