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MOBILIZE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to move around

Synonyms:

mobilise; mobilize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "mobilize" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Cause:

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make ready for action or use

Example:

marshal resources

Synonyms:

marshal; mobilise; mobilize; summon

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "mobilize" is one way to...):

collect; garner; gather; pull together (assemble or get together)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

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

mobilization (act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Get ready for war

Synonyms:

mobilise; mobilize

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "mobilize" is one way to...):

militarise; militarize (lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Antonym:

demobilize (retire from military service)

Derivation:

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

Sense 4

Meaning:

Call to arms; of military personnel

Synonyms:

call up; mobilise; mobilize; rally

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "mobilize" is one way to...):

call; send for (order, request, or command to come)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Antonym:

demobilize (release from military service or remove from the active list of military service)

Derivation:

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

Credits

 Context examples: 

The results suggest that the decrease in levels of SDF-1 may be a response to local tissue damage and alert and mobilize only the bone marrow that is closest to the site of inflammation.

(Researchers unearth secret tunnels between the skull and the brain, National Institutes of Health)

But there is not enough CO2 remaining on Mars to provide significant greenhouse warming were the gas to be put into the atmosphere; in addition, most of the CO2 gas is not accessible and could not be readily mobilized.

(Mars Terraforming Not Possible Using Present-Day Technology, NASA)

Glycogen is the main storage carbohydrate in animals, and is mobilized by liver and muscle to release glucose when hormones like adrenalin indicate that a burst of energy is required.

(Feeder Pathways for Glycolysis, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

CD34/CXCR4-positive stem cells are naturally mobilized upon cell injury through signaling by hypoxia inducing factor (HIF), which is secreted in response to hypoxia.

(Autologous Bone Marrow-derived CD34/CXCR4-positive Stem Cells AMR-001, NCI Thesaurus)