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Expeditionary vs Deployed - What's the difference?

expeditionary | deployed |

As an adjective expeditionary

is of or pertaining to an expedition.

As a verb deployed is

(deploy).

expeditionary

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or pertaining to an expedition
  • (military) Intended for military operations abroad

    • Derived terms

    * expeditionary force

    deployed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (deploy)

    • deploy

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To prepare and arrange (usually military unit or units) for use.
    • "Deploy two units of infantry along the enemy's flank," the general ordered.
  • (intransitive) To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.
    • He waited tensely for his parachute to deploy .
  • * '>citation
    • At first she thought she would be embarrassed that she had deployed her air bag, that the other expert skiers she was with, more than a dozen of them, would have a good laugh at her panicked overreaction.
  • (computing) to install, test and implement a computer system or application.
    • The process for the deployment scenario includes: building a master installation of the operating system, creating its image and deploying the image onto a destination computer.
    Usage Note: by mid-2014, the use of this term in computing was disparagingly referred to as '>citation

    Related terms

    * deployment * redeploy

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (military, dated) deployment

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    References

    English ergative verbs