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  • 1Mobilize — Mob i*lize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mobilized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mobilizing}.] [F. mobiliser.] 1. To assemble and organize and make ready for use or action; as, to mobilize volunteers for the election campaign. Syn: mobilise, marshal. [WordNet 1.5]… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2mobilise — (v.) British English spelling of MOBILIZE (Cf. mobilize); for suffix, see IZE (Cf. ize). Related: Mobilised; mobilising …

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  • 3mobilise — n. 1. Mobilize. [Chiefly Brit.] [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 4mobilize — (Amer.) mo·bi·lize || məʊbɪlaɪz v. move, circulate; cause to move around; draft; assemble for action (especially armed reserves), get ready for war; (Medicine) liberate material stored in the body; excite inactive material to physiologic… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 5mobilize — (also mobilise) ► VERB 1) prepare and organize (troops) for active service. 2) organize (people or resources) for a particular task. 3) make mobile. DERIVATIVES mobilization noun mobilizer noun …

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  • 6mobilise — (Brit.) v. move, circulate; cause to move around; draft; assemble for action (especially armed reserves), get ready for war; (Medicine) liberate material stored in the body; excite inactive material to physiologic activity (also mobilize) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 7mobilize — [[t]mo͟ʊbɪlaɪz[/t]] mobilizes, mobilizing, mobilized (in BRIT, also use mobilise) 1) V ERG If you mobilize support or mobilize people to do something, you succeed in encouraging people to take action, especially political action. If people… …

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  • 8mobilise — verb 1. get ready for war • Syn: ↑mobilize • Ant: ↑demobilise, ↑demobilize (for: ↑mobilize) • Derivationally related forms: ↑mobilisation, ↑ …

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  • 9mobilize — mobilizable, adj. mobilization, n. mobilizer, n. /moh beuh luyz /, v., mobilized, mobilizing. v.t. 1. to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service. 2. to organize… …

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  • 10mobilize — mo|bil|ize also mobilise BrE [ˈməubılaız US ˈmou ] v 1.) [T] to encourage people to support something in an active way ▪ an attempt to mobilize popular opinion ▪ a campaign to mobilize support for the strike 2.) [T] to start to use the things or… …

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