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mo·bi·lize

mobilize

 
pronunciation:
mo b laIz
parts of speech:
transitive verb, intransitive verb
features:
Word Combinations (verb)
part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: mobilizes, mobilizing, mobilized
definition 1: to assemble and prepare (troops or the like) for active military duty or service to a country.
synonyms:
activate, assemble, marshal, muster
antonyms:
demobilize
similar words:
array, conscript, convene, draft, enlist, levy, rally, ready, summon
definition 2: to assemble, organize, or adapt (industries, supplies, facilities, or the like) for immediate use or service in times of war or states of emergency.
synonyms:
gear up, marshal, ready
similar words:
activate, assemble, organize
definition 3: to cause to be mobile.
synonyms:
move, propel
antonyms:
immobilize
similar words:
advance, circulate, drive, impel, launch, push, thrust
 
part of speech: intransitive verb
definition: to be or become assembled, organized, or prepared, as for war or other emergency.
synonyms:
assemble, muster, organize
similar words:
congregate, convene, gather, unite
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (v.)mobilize effectively, fully, immediately, increasingly, newly, politically, rapidly, successfully
(v.)mobilize + adverb quickly
(v.)mobilize + nounHelp action, alliance, ally, army, base, capital, citizen, civilization, coalition, community, constituency, demonstration, follower, force, grassroots, hundreds, labor, manpower, mass, means, militia, millions, minority, motivation, opinion, opposition, participation, peasant, personnel, population, pressure, protest, protester, public, regime, reserve, reservist, resource, saving, sector, sentiment, society, struggle, support, supporter, symbol, thousands, troop, volunteer, voter  [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivations: mobilizable (adj.), mobilization (n.)