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MOBILISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mobilisation mean? 

MOBILISATION (noun)
  The noun MOBILISATION has 2 senses:

1. act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or actionplay

2. act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency:play

  Familiarity information: MOBILISATION used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOBILISATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

mobilisation; mobilization

Context example:

mobilization of the country's economic resources

Hypernyms ("mobilisation" is a kind of...):

assemblage; assembly; gathering (the social act of assembling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mobilisation"):

economic mobilisation; economic mobilization (mobilization of the economy)

rallying (the act of mobilizing for a common purpose)

Derivation:

mobilise (make ready for action or use)

mobilise (call to arms; of military personnel)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

militarisation; militarization; mobilisation; mobilization

Context example:

mobilization of the troops

Hypernyms ("mobilisation" is a kind of...):

social control (control exerted (actively or passively) by group action)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mobilisation"):

armament; arming; equipping (the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war)

conscription; draft; muster; selective service (compulsory military service)

remilitarisation; remilitarization (the act of militarizing again)

Derivation:

mobilise (make ready for action or use)

mobilise (get ready for war)

mobilise (call to arms; of military personnel)


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