MOBILISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mobilise mean? 

• MOBILISE (verb)
  The verb MOBILISE has 4 senses:

1. call to arms; of military personnel

2. get ready for war

3. make ready for action or use

4. cause to move around

  Familiarity information: MOBILISE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOBILISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they mobilise    ... he / she / it mobilises   
Past simple: mobilised   
Past participle: mobilised   
-ing form: mobilising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Call to arms; of military personnel

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

call up; mobilise; mobilize; rally

Hypernyms (to "mobilise" is one way to...):

call; send for (order, request, or command to come)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

mobilisation (act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency:)

mobilisation (act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Get ready for war

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

mobilise; mobilize

Hypernyms (to "mobilise" is one way to...):

militarise; militarize (lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Antonym:

demobilise (retire from military service)

Derivation:

mobilisation (act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency:)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make ready for action or use

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

marshal; mobilise; mobilize; summon

Context example:

marshal resources

Hypernyms (to "mobilise" is one way to...):

collect; garner; gather; pull together (assemble or get together)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

mobilisation (act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency:)

mobilisation (act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Cause to move around

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

mobilise; mobilize

Hypernyms (to "mobilise" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Cause:

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something