Mobilize
verb
To get ready for action or use.
The government had to mobilize the army quickly due to external threats.
Often appears as...
- mobilize resources
- mobilize forces
verb
To make people willing to take action.
The leaders were able to mobilize the public for environmental causes.
Often appears as...
- mobilize support
- mobilize voters
verb
To make a body part able to move or be moved.
After surgery, the patient had to relearn how to mobilize his legs.
Often appears as...
- mobilize joint
- mobilize muscles
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To get ready for action or use.
The government had to mobilize the army quickly due to external threats.
Often appears as...
- mobilize resources
- mobilize forces
verb
To make people willing to take action.
The leaders were able to mobilize the public for environmental causes.
Often appears as...
- mobilize support
- mobilize voters
verb
To make a body part able to move or be moved.
After surgery, the patient had to relearn how to mobilize his legs.
Often appears as...
- mobilize joint
- mobilize muscles
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Urgency Implication
Often suggests quick, decisive action in response to a pressing situation or emergency.
The charity moved to mobilize volunteers after the earthquake.
Pro Tip 2/3Large Scale
Used in contexts involving organization on a big scale, such as military or large groups.
The nation's leader mobilized troops along the border.
Pro Tip 3/3Preparation Needed
Implies a period of preparation before the actual action takes place.
Rescue teams were mobilized before the storm hit.
Pro Tip 1/3Urgency Implication
Often suggests quick, decisive action in response to a pressing situation or emergency.
The charity moved to mobilize volunteers after the earthquake.
Pro Tip 2/3Large Scale
Used in contexts involving organization on a big scale, such as military or large groups.
The nation's leader mobilized troops along the border.
Pro Tip 3/3Preparation Needed
Implies a period of preparation before the actual action takes place.
Rescue teams were mobilized before the storm hit.
Pro Tip 1/3Urgency Implication
Often suggests quick, decisive action in response to a pressing situation or emergency.
The charity moved to mobilize volunteers after the earthquake.
Pro Tip 2/3Large Scale
Used in contexts involving organization on a big scale, such as military or large groups.
The nation's leader mobilized troops along the border.
Pro Tip 3/3Preparation Needed
Implies a period of preparation before the actual action takes place.
Rescue teams were mobilized before the storm hit.
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How memories form and...
Stress chemicals help mobilize energy and increase alertness. However, with chronic stress our bodies become flooded with these chemicals, resulting in a loss of brain cells and an inability to form new ones, which affects our ability to retain new information. Depression is another culprit.
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How do ocean currents...
while deep-ocean currents mobilize the other 90 percent. Though they have different causes, surface and deep ocean currents influence each other in an intricate dance that keeps the entire ocean moving. Near the shore, surface currents are driven by both the wind and tides,
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Lifesaving Medicines...
for the snake day is actually convinced that I'm crazy so and I mobilized their village I normally tell I team up with local hunters and wildlife officer scientists and I sort of mobilize the whole village and say guys if anybody spots a venomous creature yeah if we
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How often should you get...
and responds by producing compounds called antibodies, tailor-made to match the antigens. When a vaccinated person encounters the actual virus, the preprogrammed antibodies help the immune system identify the threat and mobilize quickly to prevent an infection.
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Resilient people,...
mobilizing stepping up to the challenge future Earth is the largest show in town in Earth System research for global sustainability acting on our own evidence a positive step towards solutions urbanization in the world is the largest dynamics we have we have
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How to turn protest into...
Afterwards, though, the vacuum was too often filled by the most militant and violent. Protest can generate lasting positive change when it's followed by an equally passionate effort to mobilize voters, to cast ballots, to understand government,
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New thinking on the...
appropriately. We need a worldwide, global mobilization for renewable energy, conservation, efficiency and a global transition to a low-carbon economy. We have work to do. And we can mobilize resources
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We're building a...
We have a big task in front of us. We have to mobilize our technology, our creativity and yes, our politics so that we can build artificial intelligence that supports us in our human goals
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Ants Attack Termite...
the entire army is mobilizing the raiding parties head out to the last place they had found food where they had pinned down the few winged termites
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5 Reasons Ants Are...
the entire army is mobilizing the raiding parties head out to the last place they had found food
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How memories form and...
Stress chemicals help mobilize energy and increase alertness. However, with chronic stress our bodies become flooded with these chemicals, resulting in a loss of brain cells and an inability to form new ones, which affects our ability to retain new information. Depression is another culprit.
Video examples
How do ocean currents...
while deep-ocean currents mobilize the other 90 percent. Though they have different causes, surface and deep ocean currents influence each other in an intricate dance that keeps the entire ocean moving. Near the shore, surface currents are driven by both the wind and tides,
Video examples
Lifesaving Medicines...
for the snake day is actually convinced that I'm crazy so and I mobilized their village I normally tell I team up with local hunters and wildlife officer scientists and I sort of mobilize the whole village and say guys if anybody spots a venomous creature yeah if we
Video examples
How often should you get...
and responds by producing compounds called antibodies, tailor-made to match the antigens. When a vaccinated person encounters the actual virus, the preprogrammed antibodies help the immune system identify the threat and mobilize quickly to prevent an infection.
Video examples
Resilient people,...
mobilizing stepping up to the challenge future Earth is the largest show in town in Earth System research for global sustainability acting on our own evidence a positive step towards solutions urbanization in the world is the largest dynamics we have we have
Video examples
How to turn protest into...
Afterwards, though, the vacuum was too often filled by the most militant and violent. Protest can generate lasting positive change when it's followed by an equally passionate effort to mobilize voters, to cast ballots, to understand government,
Video examples
New thinking on the...
appropriately. We need a worldwide, global mobilization for renewable energy, conservation, efficiency and a global transition to a low-carbon economy. We have work to do. And we can mobilize resources
Video examples
We're building a...
We have a big task in front of us. We have to mobilize our technology, our creativity and yes, our politics so that we can build artificial intelligence that supports us in our human goals
Video examples
Ants Attack Termite...
the entire army is mobilizing the raiding parties head out to the last place they had found food where they had pinned down the few winged termites
Video examples
5 Reasons Ants Are...
the entire army is mobilizing the raiding parties head out to the last place they had found food
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Meena Harris
American Lawyer
While celebrities with large online followings certainly help to spread a campaign message quickly, they don't make an entire movement. I was strategic in obtaining influencer participation, but I also was intentional in finding ways to mobilise organic grassroots support.
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Wilson Cruz
American Actor
Steve Warren's work and career have opened doors for out professionals across the entertainment industry. In addition to advocating for LGBT people, he has continuously mobilized a large base of high-profile allies to help bring about social change.
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George Monbiot
British Writer
We should continue to mobilise against the destruction of the world's great habitats, and its terrifying implications. But the most persuasive argument we can make is to show we mean it, by restoring our own lost wonders.
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Teyonah Parris
American Actress
It only takes one person to mobilize a community and inspire change. Even if you don't feel like you have it in you, it's in you. You have to believe in yourself. People will see your vision and passion and follow you.
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Robert Collier
American Author
Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is startled, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance.
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Parker Conrad
American Businessman
One of the powers of a sit-in is its visibility and potential to mobilize public opinion; the way the protest is reported in the media can have a powerful influence over its eventual success or failure.
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Joan Halifax
American Activist
Most of us are shrinking in the face of psycho-social and physical poisons, of the toxins of our world. But compassion, the generation of compassion, actually mobilizes our immunity.
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Garry Wills
American Author
The leader is one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leaders and followers... Leaders, followers and goals make up the three equally necessary supports for leadership.
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Patricia Espinosa
Mexican Politician
We will need to reach out to all those actors - to governments, to civil societies, to businesses - and help in mobilizing them to help in this fight against climate change.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski
American Politician
Can we really mobilize support, even of friends, when we tell them that if you are not with us you are against us?
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Meena Harris
American Lawyer
While celebrities with large online followings certainly help to spread a campaign message quickly, they don't make an entire movement. I was strategic in obtaining influencer participation, but I also was intentional in finding ways to mobilise organic grassroots support.
Quote examples
Wilson Cruz
American Actor
Steve Warren's work and career have opened doors for out professionals across the entertainment industry. In addition to advocating for LGBT people, he has continuously mobilized a large base of high-profile allies to help bring about social change.
Quote examples
George Monbiot
British Writer
We should continue to mobilise against the destruction of the world's great habitats, and its terrifying implications. But the most persuasive argument we can make is to show we mean it, by restoring our own lost wonders.
Quote examples
Teyonah Parris
American Actress
It only takes one person to mobilize a community and inspire change. Even if you don't feel like you have it in you, it's in you. You have to believe in yourself. People will see your vision and passion and follow you.
Quote examples
Robert Collier
American Author
Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is startled, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance.
Quote examples
Parker Conrad
American Businessman
One of the powers of a sit-in is its visibility and potential to mobilize public opinion; the way the protest is reported in the media can have a powerful influence over its eventual success or failure.
Quote examples
Joan Halifax
American Activist
Most of us are shrinking in the face of psycho-social and physical poisons, of the toxins of our world. But compassion, the generation of compassion, actually mobilizes our immunity.
Quote examples
Garry Wills
American Author
The leader is one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leaders and followers... Leaders, followers and goals make up the three equally necessary supports for leadership.
Quote examples
Patricia Espinosa
Mexican Politician
We will need to reach out to all those actors - to governments, to civil societies, to businesses - and help in mobilizing them to help in this fight against climate change.
Quote examples
Zbigniew Brzezinski
American Politician
Can we really mobilize support, even of friends, when we tell them that if you are not with us you are against us?
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