mobilisation

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Noun	1.	mobilisation - act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action; "mobilization of the country's economic resources" mobilization gathering, assemblage, assembly - the social act of assembling; "they demanded the right of assembly" economic mobilisation, economic mobilization - mobilization of the economy rallying - the act of mobilizing for a common purpose; "the bell was a signal for the rallying of the whole neighborhood"
	2.	mobilisation - act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops" militarisation, militarization, mobilization social control - control exerted (actively or passively) by group action arming, equipping, armament - the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war conscription, muster, selective service, draft - compulsory military service remilitarisation, remilitarization - the act of militarizing again

Translations

تَعْبِئَه عامَّه

Mobilisierung Mobilmachung

mobilisation

动员

mobile

(ˈmoubail) adjective

1. able to move. The van supplying country districts with library books is called a mobile library; The old lady is no longer mobile – she has to stay in bed all day.

2. able to move or be moved quickly or easily. Most of the furniture is very light and mobile.

3. (of someone's features or face) changing easily in expression.

moˈbility (-ˈbi-) noun

ˈmobilize, ˈmobilise (-bi-) verb

to make (especially troops, an army etc), or become, ready for use or action.

ˌmobiliˈzation, ˌmobiliˈsation (-bi-) noun

mobile phone (also mobile) see cellular phone.

References in classic literature ?

Also a few pages might have been given up profitably to the consideration of the indigenous flora and fauna of Kukuanaland.[*] Then there remains the most interesting subject--that, as it is, has only been touched on incidentally--of the magnificent system of military organisation in force in that country, which, in my opinion, is much superior to that inaugurated by Chaka in Zululand, inasmuch as it permits of even more rapid mobilisation, and does not necessitate the employment of the pernicious system of enforced celibacy.

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From the tangle of messages we have picked up, I should say, without a doubt, that some form of mobilisation is going on in the North Sea.

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The Peter Smith University of Botswana (PSUB) herbarium at Okavango Research Institute Representative has appreciated financial support from Desert and Delta Safaris (DDS) in Maun towards a Data Mobilisation Project.

Desert and Delta donates to Peter Smith University of Botswana (PSUB) herbarium

Suleiman Kazaure, Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), on Thursday said that the scheme would review and reform its mobilisation process for improvement of the exercise.

NYSC To Review, Reform Mobilisation Process a Kazaure

Assessment of the Effects of Mobilisation on the Ranage of Motion and the Level of Pain in Patients with Lumbar Spine Symptoms.

Does lumbar mobilization help stroke patients to improve functional outcomes?

-advance payments were made for infrastructure development of sectors F-14 and F-15 ISLAMABAD:The Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation (FGEHF) released Rs756 million under the head of mobilisation advance to acontractorfor infrastructure development in F-14 and F-15without ensuring whether the contractor has taken over the project site or not, according to an audit report.

Rs756m irregularly paid by FGEHF for 'mobilisation advance'

Current research is focused on ways of reducing sedation and promoting early mobilisation; however, this is mostly described in highincome countries.

Early mobilisation practices of patients in intensive care units in Zimbabwean government hospitals - a cross-sectional study

'Explaining the 2016 Islamist mobilisation in Indonesia: Religious intolerance, militant groups and the politics of accommodation', Asian Studies Review 42-3.

Entrepreneurs of Grievance: Drivers and Effects of Indonesia's Islamist Mobilization

Knowledge mobilisation in the social sciences and humanities: Moving from research to action.

Supporting knowledge mobilization and research impact strategies in grant applications

TUNIS (TAP) - A Study on electoral mobilisation in Tunisia during the 2014 legislative election showed that the mobilised public is a partisan public or having relations of kinship or neighbourhood with one of the candidates.

Electoral mobilisation in 2014 campaign revealed tacit relationship between money and politics (study)

Turner, "The Russian Mobilisation in 1914," in The War Plans of the Great Powers, 1880-1914, ed.

Russian Military Intelligence, July 1914: what St. Petersburg perceived and why it mattered

The Ministry of Transportation announced on Wednesday it would cancel the public mobilisation orders issued for train workers after they suspended their strike.