deployment English · revision 15008

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1796}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /dɪˈplɔɪ.mənt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|déploiement]], from [[m|fr|déployer|t=to deploy]] (see [[deploy]]).^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The act of deploying troops: 1796.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The OED defines it as the action of deploying, the same as the noun deploy.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1796 – deployment.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act or movement of [[deploy|alt=deploying]], as of troops, or the state of being deployed.^(MWU 2024)^(Chambers 2008)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[counterdeployment]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[deploy]]

+ * [[display]]

+ * [[employ]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}