mobilise

See also: mobilisé

English

Etymology

From French mobiliser.

Pronunciation

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Verb

mobilise (third-person singular simple present mobilises, present participle mobilising, simple past and past participle mobilised) (British spelling)

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) To become made ready for war.
   • 1964 March, “News and Comment: Whitby closure in October?”, in Modern Railways, page 158:

     All Whitby is mobilising against the economy plan, alleging that loss of railway facilities would turn the port into a "ghost town"; [...].

   • 2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 69:

     And there were justified fears for the future of the Swanage branch, although enthusiasts were already mobilising themselves to take it over.

Alternative forms

• (US) mobilize

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “make something mobile”): stabilise, fix
• (antonym(s) of “assemble troops and equipments to be ready for war”): demobilise

Related terms

• mobilisation

Translations

to make something mobile

• Catalan: mobilitzar (ca)
• Esperanto: mobilizi
• Finnish: mobilisoida (fi), panna liikkeelle
• Galician: mobilizar (gl)
• German: mobilisieren (de)
• Italian: mobilitare (it)
• Norman: mobiliser
• Portuguese: mobilizar (pt)
• Romanian: mobiliza (ro)
• Russian: де́лать подви́жным impf (délatʹ podvížnym), сде́лать подви́жным pf (sdélatʹ podvížnym)
• Slovak: mobilizovať, zmobilizovať
• Spanish: movilizar (es)

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

• Arabic: حَشَدَ (ḥašada), اِسْتَجَاشَ (istajāša)
• Bulgarian: мобилизирам (bg) (mobiliziram)
• Catalan: mobilitzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 調しらべ動どう／调动 (zh) (diàodòng)

• Danish: mobilisere (da)
• Dutch: mobiliseren (nl)
• Finnish: mobilisoida (fi), panna liikekannalle
• French: mobiliser (fr)
• Galician: mobilizar (gl)
• German: mobilmachen (de)
• Hungarian: mozgósít (hu)
• Italian: mobilitare (it)
• Japanese: 動員どういんする (ja) (dōin suru)
• Norman: mobiliser
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mobilisere

  Nynorsk: mobilisere

• Portuguese: mobilizar (pt)
• Russian: мобилизова́ть (ru) impf or pf (mobilizovátʹ), мобилизо́вывать (ru) impf (mobilizóvyvatʹ)
• Slovak: mobilizovať, zmobilizovať
• Spanish: movilizar (es)
• Swedish: mobilisera (sv)

to become made ready for war

• Catalan: mobilitzar-se (ca)
• Galician: mobilizarse (gl)
• German: mobilmachen (de)
• Portuguese: mobilizar-se (pt)
• Russian: мобилизова́ться (ru) impf or pf (mobilizovátʹsja)
• Slovak: mobilizovať, zmobilizovať sa
• Spanish: movilizarse (es)

to arrange or organise people or resources to achieve a particular purpose

• Bulgarian: мобилизирам (bg) (mobiliziram)
• Dutch: mobiliseren (nl)
• Finnish: jalkautua (fi)
• French: mobiliser (fr)
• Maori: whakaoreore
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mobilisere

  Nynorsk: mobilisere

• Slovak: mobilizovať, zmobilizovať

French

Verb

mobilise

1. inflection of mobiliser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative