mobilize

English

Alternative forms

• mobilise (non-Oxford British English, Commonwealth)

Etymology

From French mobiliser.

Pronunciation

• (US, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊbɪlʌɪz/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Verb

mobilize (third-person singular simple present mobilizes, present participle mobilizing, simple past and past participle mobilized) (American spelling, 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, of troops) To get ready for war.

Derived terms

• countermobilize
• demobilize
• mobilizability
• mobilizable
• mobilizee
• mobilizer
• remobilize

Related terms

• mobile
• mobility
• mobilization
• move

Translations

mobilise — see mobilise

Galician

Verb

mobilize

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of mobilizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

mobilize

1. inflection of mobilizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative