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Mobilize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To make mobile or capable of movement.

v. To assemble, prepare, or put into operation for or as if for war: mobilize troops; mobilize the snowplows.

v. To assemble, marshal, or coordinate for a purpose: mobilized the country's economic resources.

verb-intransitive. To become prepared for or as if for war.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To make something mobile.

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

v. To become made ready for war.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To assemble and organize and make ready for use or action.

v. To put in a state of readiness for active service in war, as an army corps.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To put in motion or in readiness for motion.

In naval affairs, more rarely, to make corresponding preparation of a fleet or squadron for active service on a war footing.

Milit., to prepare for motion or action; make ready for active operations, or for taking the field.

Also spelled mobilise.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. call to arms; of military personnel

v. cause to move around

v. get ready for war

v. make ready for action or use

Word Usage

"He may have had a capability to do what we call mobilize and surge."

Verb Form

mobilized mobilizes mobilizing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

call send for displace move militarise

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

mobilise militarize militarise assemble

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

demobilize globalize immobilize