Meaning

3 senses
  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive)To make something mobile.

    make ready for action or use

  2. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive)To assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war.

    get ready for war

  3. (British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive)To get ready for war.

Examples

17 sentences
  1. The troops immediately began to mobilize.

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  2. They're mobilizing the military in this area.

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  3. The prime minister's speech mobilized the population.

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  4. Benedito was mobilized and sent to the front.

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  5. The whole world will be mobilized to stop them.

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Origin

From French mobiliser.

From French mobiliser.

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Forms

mobilizes, mobilizing, mobilized, mobilized
Base formmobilize · to mobilize
3rd person singularmobilizes
Present participlemobilizing
Past simplemobilized
Past participlemobilized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymobilize
he, she, itmobilizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsmobilized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave mobilized
he, she, ithas mobilized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mobilize

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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