mobilize

(mō'bə-līz')

v., -lized, -liz·ing, -liz·es.

v.tr.

1. To make mobile or capable of movement.
2. 1. To assemble, prepare, or put into operation for or as if for war: mobilize troops; mobilize the snowplows.
   2. To assemble, marshal, or coordinate for a purpose: mobilized the country's economic resources.

v.intr.
To become prepared for or as if for war.

mobilization mo'bi·li·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n.

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verb

1. To set or keep going: actuate, drive, impel, move, propel, run. See move/halt.
2. To assemble, equip, and train for war: militarize. See peace/conflict.
3. To assemble, prepare, or put into operation, as for war or a similar emergency: marshal, muster, organize, rally. See move/halt.

v

Definition: ready for action, movement
Antonyms: check, demobilize, end, halt, hold back, immobilize, stop

v. (of a country or its government) prepare and organize (troops) for active service: the government mobilized regular forces, reservists, and militia

mobilizable adj. mobilizer n.

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IN BRIEF: To make ready for action.

When you make a choice, you mobilize vast human energies and resources which otherwise go untapped. — Robert Fritz.

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verb trans.
verb trans., US

Esp. in Jewish usage, to administer a beating to. (1923 —) .
B. Appel Bastids! We'll mobilize yuh! (1977)

[Perh. from Yiddish mapel (in mapel zayn to abort) + -ize.]

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or mobilise

to bring (resources or reserves) into use for a particular purpose, e.g. to mobilize fat by lipolysis or glycogen by glycogenolysis.

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The rendering of a fixed part movable.

For a list of words related to mobilization, see:

• Types and Techniques of Warfare - mobilization: preparations for war

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - mobilisere, gøre bevægelig
v. intr. - mobilisere

Nederlands (Dutch)
mobiliseren, losmaken

Français (French)
v. tr. - (gén, Mil) mobiliser (contre)
v. intr. - (Mil) mobiliser (contre)

Deutsch (German)
v. - mobilisieren, mobil machen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κινητοποιώ, επιστρατεύω

Italiano (Italian)
mobilitare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - mobilizar

Русский (Russian)
мобилизовать, сделать подвижным, пускать деньги в обращение

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - poner en pie de guerra, movilizar
v. intr. - ser movilizado o activado

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - mobilisera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
动员, 使流通, 调动, 使松动, 动员起来

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 動員, 使流通, 調動, 使鬆動
v. intr. - 動員起來

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (돈 등을) 유통시키다, 모으다
v. intr. - (군대가) 동원되다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 動員する, 動員される

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحتشد, يتعبأ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮גייס, גרם לנוע‬
v. intr. - ‮התגייס‬

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