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
ˌrē-di-ˈplȯi-mənt How to pronounce redeploy (audio)
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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The boards are then collected into clusters and redeployed as a general-purpose computing platform. — New Atlas, 2 July 2026 An array pulled from the coastal waters off Oregon earlier in June will be redeployed after servicing, the agency said. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 18 June 2026 Shoulder season United and Delta aren’t alone, as airlines across the board are redeploying some of their biggest planes to maintain service to Europe for the full year or well into the offseason. — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 6 July 2026 In its Thursday announcement, NSF said that an array of sensors off the Oregon coast would be redeployed in the water after servicing and would not be decommissioned. — Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for redeploy

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

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The first known use of redeploy was in 1945

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