(BrE also mobilise) verb
1 to work together in order to achieve a particular aim; to organize a group of people to do this:
[VN] The unions mobilized thousands of workers in a protest against the cuts. [also V]
2 [VN] to find and start to use sth that is needed for a particular purpose
SYNMARSHAL:
They were unable to mobilize the resources they needed.
3 if a country mobilizes its army, or if a country or army mobilizes, it makes itself ready to fight in a war:
[V] The troops were ordered to mobilize. [also VN]
compareDEMOBILIZE
mobilization, mobilisation noun [U]
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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