mobilization

Meanings

Plural: mobilizations

Noun

• act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency:
  • "mobilization of the troops"
• act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action
  • "mobilization of the country's economic resources"
• The act of mobilizing.
• The marshalling and organizing of troops and national resources in preparation for war, bringing them to a state of readiness for an action.
• The softening of rock such that geochemical migration can take place.
• The transport of a copy of a gene from one chromosome, or one organism to another.

Synonyms

militarisation, militarization, mobilisation

Antonyms

demobilization, immobilization

Related Words

mobile, mobility, mobilize, move