mobilizeverb
UK usually mobilise uk/ˈməʊ.bɪ.laɪz/us/ˈmoʊ.bə.laɪz/[ T ] to organize or prepare something, such as a group of people, for a purpose:
Representatives for all the main candidates are trying to mobilize voter support.
[ I or T ] to prepare to fight, especially in a war:
The government has mobilized several of the army's top combat units.
Troops have been mobilizing for the past three weeks.
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Managing and organizing
- act
- administer
- administration
- bureaucracy
- bureaucratic
- campaign
- have sth in hand idiom
- head sth up
- in hand idiom
- kaizen
- manage
- management
- restructure
- run the show idiom
- running
- shakedown
- square
- square sth/sb away
- stage
- stage-manage
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mobilization
noun [ U ] UK also mobilisation uk/ˌməʊ.bɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌmoʊ.bəl.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/