# mobilize

Pronunciation: say "MOH-bi-lyz" /ˈməʊbɪlʌɪz/

## Verb

1. To assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated way so they are ready for war.
   - Simple: To gather soldiers and their weapons together so they are ready to fight a war.
   - _Orders came down to mobilize the reserves and move supplies toward the border._
   - _The general staff mobilized three divisions in less than a month._
2. To make preparations for war, as a nation or its armed forces.
   - Simple: To get ready, as a country or army, to fight a war.
   - _Neighboring states may mobilize in response to troop movements along their borders._
   - _Within days of the ultimatum, the entire nation had mobilized._
3. To make something mobile; to give it the capacity for movement.
   - Simple: To make something able to move or be moved.
   - _Physical therapists mobilize injured shoulders through slow, controlled rotations._
   - _Mounting the generator on a trailer mobilized it for use across the entire site._

## Origin

This word comes from the French "mobiliser."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/mobilize (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).