Meaning

4 senses
  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable)The act of mobilizing.

    a national mobilization to fight climate change

  2. (British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable)The marshalling and organizing of troops and national resources in preparation for war, bringing them to a state of readiness for an action.

    Mobilmachung, Mobilisierung

    мобилиза́цияmobilizácija

    мобіліза́ціяmobilizácija

  3. (British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable)The softening of rock such that geochemical migration can take place.

  4. (British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable)The transport of a copy of a gene from one chromosome, or one organism to another.

More definitions
  • act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency:
  • act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Mobilization has already begun.

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  2. Daniel has just receive his mobilization order.

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  3. There's nothing more terrifying than armed mobilizations.

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  4. The army's leaders are preparing for a major mobilization.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war:
Русский
By meaning 1
marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war:

Origin

From French mobilisation or mobilize + -ation.

From French mobilisation or mobilize + -ation.

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Forms

plural: mobilizations

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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