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redeploy

verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /riːˈdɪˈplɔɪ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: R IY2 D IH0 P L OY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To deploy again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To rearrange (military forces).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

deploy anew

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The U.S. must redeploy their troops in the Middle East

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: deploy

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English deploy English redeploy From re- + deploy.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 重新部署 (chóngxīn bùshǔ) — deploy again
  • Finnish: sijoittaa uudelleen — deploy again
  • Chinese Mandarin: 重新調配 /重新调配 (chóngxīn diàopèi) — rearrange military forces
  • Finnish: siirtää — rearrange military forces
  • French: redéployer — rearrange military forces
  • German: verlegen — rearrange military forces
  • Polish: przesuwać — rearrange military forces
  • Polish: przesunąć — rearrange military forces
  • Polish: przerzucać — rearrange military forces
  • Polish: przerzucić — rearrange military forces
  • Russian: передислоци́ровать (peredislocírovatʹ) — rearrange military forces
  • Russian: перебра́сывать (perebrásyvatʹ) — rearrange military forces
  • Slovak: prenasadiť — rearrange military forces