Meanings
verbmobilise (third-person singular simple present mobilises, present participle mobilising, simple past and past participle mobilised)
present singular third person mobilises · participle present mobilising · participle past mobilised · past mobilised · alternative British English Oxford US mobilize
- transitiveTo make something mobile.
- transitiveTo assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war.
- intransitiveTo become made ready for war.
All Whitby is mobilising against the economy plan, alleging that loss of railway facilities would turn the port into a "ghost town"; [...].
1964 March, “News and Comment: Whitby closure in October?”, in Modern Railways, page 1581 more example
And there were justified fears for the future of the Swanage branch, although enthusiasts were already mobilising themselves to take it over.
2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 69
Synonyms & antonyms
antonym(s) of “assemble troops and equipments to be ready for war”
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchmobiliser
- Englishmobilise
From French mobiliser.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic حَشَدَ, اِسْتَجَاشَ
- حَشَدَ (ḥašada)to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
- اِسْتَجَاشَ (istajāša)to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
Bulgarian мобилизирам, мобилизирам
- мобилизирам (mobiliziram)to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
- мобилизирам (mobiliziram)to arrange or organise people or resources to achieve a particular purpose
Catalan mobilitzar, mobilitzar
- mobilitzarto make something mobile
- mobilitzarto assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
- mobilitzar-seto become made ready for war
Chinese Mandarin 調動 /调动
- 調動 /调动 (diàodòng)to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
Danish mobilisere
- mobilisereto assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
Dutch mobiliseren, mobiliseren
- mobiliserento assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
- mobiliserento arrange or organise people or resources to achieve a particular purpose
Esperanto mobilizi
- mobilizito make something mobile
Finnish mobilisoida, panna liikkeelle
- mobilisoidato make something mobile
- panna liikkeelleto make something mobile
- mobilisoidato assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
- panna liikekannalleto assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
- jalkautuato arrange or organise people or resources to achieve a particular purpose
French mobiliser, mobiliser
- mobiliserto assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
- mobiliserto arrange or organise people or resources to achieve a particular purpose
German mobilisieren, mobilmachen
- mobilisierento make something mobile
- mobilmachento assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
- mobilmachento become made ready for war
Hungarian mozgósít
- mozgósítto assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
Italian mobilitare, mobilitare
- mobilitareto make something mobile
- mobilitareto assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
Japanese 動員する
- 動員する (dōin suru)to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
Māori whakaoreore
- whakaoreoreto arrange or organise people or resources to achieve a particular purpose
Norwegian Bokmål mobilisere, mobilisere
- mobilisereto assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
- mobilisereto arrange or organise people or resources to achieve a particular purpose
Portuguese mobilizar, mobilizar
- mobilizarto make something mobile
- mobilizarto assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
- mobilizar-seto become made ready for war
Romanian mobiliza
- mobilizato make something mobile
Russian де́лать подви́жным, сде́лать подви́жным
- де́лать подви́жным (délatʹ podvížnym)to make something mobile
- сде́лать подви́жным (sdélatʹ podvížnym)to make something mobile
- мобилизова́ть (mobilizovátʹ)to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
- мобилизо́вывать (mobilizóvyvatʹ)to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
- мобилизова́ться (mobilizovátʹsja)to become made ready for war
Slovak mobilizovať, zmobilizovať
- mobilizovaťto make something mobile
- zmobilizovaťto make something mobile
- mobilizovaťto assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
- zmobilizovaťto assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
- mobilizovaťto become made ready for war
- zmobilizovať sato become made ready for war
- mobilizovaťto arrange or organise people or resources to achieve a particular purpose
- zmobilizovaťto arrange or organise people or resources to achieve a particular purpose
Spanish movilizar, movilizar
- movilizarto make something mobile
- movilizarto assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
- movilizarseto become made ready for war
Swedish mobilisera
- mobiliserato assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
Cite this entry
APA
mobilise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mobilise
MLA
“mobilise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mobilise. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mobilise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mobilise.
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