mobilise

See also: mobilisé

English

Alternative forms

• mobilize (US, Oxford British English)

Etymology

From French mobiliser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈməʊbɪlaɪz/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Verb

mobilise (third-person singular simple present mobilises, present participle mobilising, simple past and past participle mobilised) (non-Oxford British English)

1. (transitive) To make something mobile.
2. (transitive) To assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war.
3. (intransitive) To become made ready for war.
   • 1964 March, “News and Comment: Whitby closure in October?”, in Modern Railways, page 158:

     All Whitby is mobilising against the economy plan, alleging that loss of railway facilities would turn the port into a "ghost town"; [...].

   • 2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 69:

     And there were justified fears for the future of the Swanage branch, although enthusiasts were already mobilising themselves to take it over.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “make something mobile”): stabilise, fix
• (antonym(s) of “assemble troops and equipments to be ready for war”): demobilise

Derived terms

• mobilisable

Related terms

• mobilisation

Translations

to make something mobile

• Catalan: mobilitzar (ca)
• Esperanto: mobilizi
• Finnish: mobilisoida (fi), panna liikkeelle
• Galician: mobilizar (gl)
• German: mobilisieren (de)
• Italian: mobilitare (it)
• Norman: mobiliser
• Portuguese: mobilizar (pt)
• Romanian: mobiliza (ro)
• Russian: де́лать подви́жным impf (délatʹ podvížnym), сде́лать подви́жным pf (sdélatʹ podvížnym)
• Slovak: mobilizovať, zmobilizovať
• Spanish: movilizar (es)

to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war

• Arabic: حَشَدَ (ḥašada), اِسْتَجَاشَ (istajāša)
• Bulgarian: мобилизирам (bg) (mobiliziram)
• Catalan: mobilitzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 調動 / 调动 (zh) (diàodòng)

• Danish: mobilisere (da)
• Dutch: mobiliseren (nl)
• Finnish: mobilisoida (fi), panna liikekannalle
• French: mobiliser (fr)
• Galician: mobilizar (gl)
• German: mobilmachen (de)
• Hungarian: mozgósít (hu)
• Italian: mobilitare (it)
• Japanese: 動員する (ja) (dōin suru)
• Norman: mobiliser
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mobilisere

  Nynorsk: mobilisere

• Portuguese: mobilizar (pt)
• Russian: мобилизова́ть (ru) impf or pf (mobilizovátʹ), мобилизо́вывать (ru) impf (mobilizóvyvatʹ)
• Slovak: mobilizovať, zmobilizovať
• Spanish: movilizar (es)
• Swedish: mobilisera (sv)

to become made ready for war

• Catalan: mobilitzar-se (ca)
• Galician: mobilizarse (gl)
• German: mobilmachen (de)
• Portuguese: mobilizar-se (pt)
• Russian: мобилизова́ться (ru) impf or pf (mobilizovátʹsja)
• Slovak: mobilizovať, zmobilizovať sa
• Spanish: movilizarse (es)

to arrange or organise people or resources to achieve a particular purpose

• Bulgarian: мобилизирам (bg) (mobiliziram)
• Dutch: mobiliseren (nl)
• Finnish: jalkautua (fi)
• French: mobiliser (fr)
• Maori: whakaoreore
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mobilisere

  Nynorsk: mobilisere

• Slovak: mobilizovať, zmobilizovať

French

Verb

mobilise

1. inflection of mobiliser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative