mobilize
verb OPAL W
/ˈməʊbəlaɪz/
/ˈməʊbəlaɪz/
(British English also mobilise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they mobilize | /ˈməʊbəlaɪz/ /ˈməʊbəlaɪz/ |
| he / she / it mobilizes | /ˈməʊbəlaɪzɪz/ /ˈməʊbəlaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple mobilized | /ˈməʊbəlaɪzd/ /ˈməʊbəlaɪzd/ |
| past participle mobilized | /ˈməʊbəlaɪzd/ /ˈməʊbəlaɪzd/ |
| -ing form mobilizing | /ˈməʊbəlaɪzɪŋ/ /ˈməʊbəlaɪzɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] mobilize (somebody) to work together in order to achieve a particular aim; to organize a group of people to do this synonym rally
- The unions mobilized thousands of workers in a protest against the cuts.
- They successfully mobilized public opinion against him.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- effectively
- successfully
- quickly
- …
- be able to
- can be mobilized
- against
- for
- [transitive] mobilize something to find and start to use something that is needed for a particular purpose synonym marshal
- They were unable to mobilize the resources they needed.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- effectively
- successfully
- quickly
- …
- be able to
- can be mobilized
- against
- for
- [transitive, intransitive] mobilize (somebody/something) if a country mobilizes its army, or if a country or army mobilizes, it makes itself ready to fight in a war
- The troops were ordered to mobilize.
- The military is able to mobilize rapidly.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- effectively
- successfully
- quickly
- …
- be able to
- can be mobilized
- against
- for
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French mobiliser, from mobile, from Latin mobilis, from movere ‘to move’.