Meaning & use
deployable
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Meanings
adjectivenot comparable
Able to be moved into position and made ready for use, especially for military action or for work in a new place.
Grammar: Describes a noun and has no comparative form: say 'fully deployable', not 'more deployable'.
Patterns
- deployable troops
- deployable within hours
- fully deployable
The unit is fully deployable within forty-eight hours.
Only half of the rescue teams were deployable after the storm.
The army keeps a deployable force near the border.
adjectivenot comparablecomputing
Ready to be installed and run on a computer system, especially software or code.
Grammar: Used before a noun or after 'be': 'a deployable build', 'the code is deployable'.
Patterns
- deployable software
- deployable code
- ready to be deployable
The team released a deployable version of the app on Friday.
We need code that is deployable without extra configuration.
Their new tool makes machine-learning models quickly deployable.
Common combinations
- fully deployable
- The new brigade is fully deployable by spring.
- deployable force
- They keep a small deployable force on standby.
- deployable within hours
- The medical team is deployable within hours of a call.
- combat-deployable
- He was declared combat-deployable after his final medical check.
- deployable software
- Engineers tested the deployable software on three servers.
Synonyms and how they differ
- operational
- Means 'working and ready to be used'; it stresses that something functions, while 'deployable' stresses that it can be sent or installed where needed.
- ready
- A general word for being prepared; 'deployable' is narrower and usually implies movement to a new location or system.
- usable
- Focuses on whether something can be used at all, not on whether it can be moved into place.
Opposites
Word family
- deploy verb
- To move soldiers or equipment into position, or to install software for use.
- deployment noun
- The act of moving forces into position or putting software into service.
- deployer noun
- A person or tool that deploys something, such as software.
Commonly confused: deployable or employable? deployable or pliable?
deployable vs employable
Sounds similar but means 'able to be hired for a job'. 'Deployable' is about being sent or installed, not about getting work.
deployable vs pliable
A different word meaning 'easy to bend or influence'. Do not mix it up with 'deployable' in writing.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'deployable' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Deployable' describes things that can be sent or installed for use, such as code, troops, or equipment. Option 0 confuses it with 'flexible', and options 2 and 3 use it for feelings and food, where it does not fit.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “deployable”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.