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mobilization

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of mobilizing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable

Examples

  • a national mobilization to fight climate change

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The marshalling and organizing of troops and national resources in preparation for war, bringing them to a state of readiness for an action.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The softening of rock such that geochemical migration can take place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The transport of a copy of a gene from one chromosome, or one organism to another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable

Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • mobilization of the troops

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mobilisation, militarization, militarisation

Antonyms: demobilization

Broader terms: social control

Narrower terms: arming, armament, equipping, conscription, muster, draft, selective service, remilitarization, remilitarisation

6

noun

Meaning 6

act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • mobilization of the country's economic resources

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mobilisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: assembly, assemblage, gathering

Narrower terms: economic mobilization, economic mobilisation, rallying

History

Etymology

From French mobilisation or mobilize + -ation.

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Polish: aktywizacja — the act of mobilizing
  • Albanian: mobilizim — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Arabic: تَعْبِئَة (taʕbiʔa) — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Arabic: تَجْنِيد (tajnīd) — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Arabic: النَّفِير الْعَامّ (an-nafīr al-ʕāmm) — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Armenian: զորահավաք (zorahavakʻ) — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Azerbaijani: səfərbərlik — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Belarusian: мабіліза́цыя (mabilizácyja) — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Bulgarian: мобилиза́ция (mobilizácija) — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Catalan: mobilització — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Chinese Mandarin: 動員 /动员 (dòngyuán) — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Czech: mobilizace — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Danish: mobilisering — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Dutch: mobilisatie — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Estonian: mobilisatsioon — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Finnish: liikekannallepano — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • French: mobilisation — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Galician: mobilización — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Georgian: მობილიზაცია (mobilizacia) — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • German: Mobilmachung — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • German: Mobilisierung — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Greek: επιστράτευση (epistrátefsi) — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Greek: κινητοποίηση (kinitopoíisi) — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Hungarian: mozgósítás — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Interlingua: mobilisation — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Italian: mobilitazione — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Japanese: 動員 (dōin) — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Kazakh: мобилизация (mobilizasiä) — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Korean: 동원 (dong'won) — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Northern Kurdish: seferberî — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Kyrgyz: мобилизация (mobilizatsiya) — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Latvian: mobilizācija — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Lithuanian: mobilizacija — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Luxembourgish: Mobiliséierung — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Macedonian: мобилизација (mobilizacija) — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Norman: mobilisâtion — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mobilisering — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Occitan: mobilizacion — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Persian: بسیج (basij) — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Polish: mobilizacja — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Portuguese: mobilização — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Romanian: mobilizare — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Russian: мобилиза́ция (mobilizácija) — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Serbo-Croatian: мобилиза́ција — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Serbo-Croatian: mobilizácija — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Slovak: mobilizácia — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Slovene: mobilizacija — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Spanish: movilización — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Swedish: mobilisering — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Tajik: сафарбарӣ (safarbari) — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Tajik: мобилизатсия (mobilizatsiya) — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Tajik: басиҷ (basij) — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Thai: การระดม (gaan-rá-dom) — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Turkish: seferberlik — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Turkmen: mobilizasiýa — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Ukrainian: мобіліза́ція (mobilizácija) — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Uzbek: safarbarlik — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Uzbek: mobilizatsiya — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
  • Vietnamese: sự động viên — marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war
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