mobilisation
pronunciation
How to pronounce mobilisation in British English:
UK [ˌməʊbɪlaɪ'zeɪʃən]
How to pronounce mobilisation in American English:
US [ˌmoʊbɪlaɪ'zeɪʃən]
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- Noun:
- act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action
- act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops"
Word Origin
- mobilisation (n.)
- chiefly British English spelling of mobilization. For spelling, see -ize.
Example
- 1. The 2000 census is said to have been the largest peacetime mobilisation in american history .
- 2. The party-state has very carefully prevented any kind of mobilisation across geographic boundaries making such trans-local organisation illegal and unauthorised .
- 3. Most perplexing and disquieting are the reports of mobilisation of russian , austrian and german troops .
- 4. On tuesday the japanese prime minister , taro aso , said that germany 's reluctance to use public spending aggressively stemmed from its lack of understanding of the importance of fiscal mobilisation .
- 5. Mass politics and mass mobilisation warfare fatally compromised the image of war behind the queen 's rules , even among sovereign states .