Dictionary

mobilization en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌmoʊ.bəl.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From French mobilisation or mobilize + -ation.

Meanings

1. (British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable) The act of mobilizing.
   • a national mobilization to fight climate change
   • It's produced tremendous activism and backlash: there's been all sorts of demonstrations and mobilizations in civil society, there's been examples from the people from the Administration being heckled in a restaurant or not served in a restaurant, there's been a growing crescendo of conversation about what that means. 2018 June 26, Chris Hayes, quotee, “How bad is it, really? Ezra Klein evaluates life in the Trump era: transcript & podcast”, in Why Is This Happening?:
2. (British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable) The marshalling and organizing of troops and national resources in preparation for war, bringing them to a state of readiness for an action.
   • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed into law a key piece of legislation overhauling the country’s mobilization rules. 2024 April 16, Olga Voitovych, Radina Gigova, Svitlana Vlasova and Christian Edwards, “Zelensky signs law overhauling Ukraine’s mobilization rules”, in CNN:
3. (British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable) The softening of rock such that geochemical migration can take place.
4. (British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable) The transport of a copy of a gene from one chromosome, or one organism to another.

Forms

Antonyms

demobilization · immobilization

Deriveds

mobilizational · countermobilization · premobilization · remobilization · retromobilization · lipomobilization · comobilization

Relateds

mobilize · move · mobile · mobility · mogilization

Translations (65)

ko 동원 (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · sv mobilisering (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · sl mobilizacija (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · lb Mobiliséierung (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · nl mobilisatie (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · et mobilisatsioon (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · tg басиҷ (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · uk мобіліза́ція (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · tr seferberlik (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · be мабіліза́цыя (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · uz mobilizatsiya (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · de Mobilisierung (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · ug سەپەرۋەرلىك (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · vi sự động viên (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · de Mobilmachung (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · sh mobilizácija (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · it mobilitazione (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · bg мобилиза́ция (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · pl aktywizacja (the act of mobilizing) · pt mobilização (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · fi mobilisointi (the act of mobilizing) · sh мобилиза́ција (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · tg мобилизатсия (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · ky мобилизация (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · sk mobilizácia (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · kk мобилизация (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · ro mobilizare (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · ru мобилиза́ция (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · th การระดม (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · nrf mobilisâtion (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · hu mozgósítás (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · fa بسیج (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · lv mobilizācija (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · ka მობილიზაცია (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · az səfərbərlik (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · ar تَجْنِيد (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · ca mobilització (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · ja 動員 (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · lt mobilizacija (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · tk mobilizasiýa (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · gl mobilización (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · ar تَعْبِئَة (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · hy զորահավաք (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · ar النَّفِير الْعَامّ (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · el επιστράτευση (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · da mobilisering (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · uz safarbarlik (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · cs mobilizace (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · oc mobilizacion (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · kmr seferberî (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · ia mobilisation (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · tg сафарбарӣ (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · mk мобилизација (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · fr mobilisation (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · mt mobilizzazzjoni (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · fi mobilisaatio (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · sq mobilizim (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · el κινητοποίηση (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · fi mobilisaatio (the act of mobilizing) · es movilización (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · ht mobilizasyon (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · fi liikekannallepano (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · nb mobilisering (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · pl mobilizacja (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) · cmn 動員 /动员 (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war)