redeployment

Everyday

Moving people, soldiers, workers or equipment to a different place or job where they are needed more. tree →

In the lessons

In news and formal language, the redeployment of troops, police or staff means sending them somewhere else. In business it can be a softer way to say workers are moved, sometimes instead of losing jobs. Verb: redeploy.

Examples

• The redeployment of nurses helped the busy hospital. tree →
• After the storm there was a redeployment of rescue teams to the coast. tree →
• The army announced the redeployment of soldiers. tree →
• The company offered redeployment instead of job losses. tree →
• Redeployment of buses to the busy route cut waiting times. tree →

Note

Formal and long; in everyday talk say «moving» or «sending». Built from re- (again) + deploy (put in place) + -ment.