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Definition of "mobilize" []

  • To make mobile or capable of movement. (verb-transitive)
  • To assemble, prepare, or put into operation for or as if for war: mobilize troops; mobilize the snowplows. (verb-transitive)
  • To assemble, marshal, or coordinate for a purpose: mobilized the country's economic resources. (verb-transitive)
  • To become prepared for or as if for war. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "mobilize" in a sentence
  • "He may have had a capability to do what we call mobilize and surge."
  • "This capacity to mobilize translates into a diversity of movements that are ready to take action when necessary, whether it's to hold Evo Morales' feet to the flames, or mobilize against the right and foreign corporations."
  • "Mr. Deripaska said Norilsk should sell its treasury shares, noncore assets and some overseas assets, which may "mobilize" as much as $6 billion."