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mobilizing

mobilizing is the present participle and gerund of mobilize.

Meaning of mobilize

Verb

mobilize (third-person singular simple present mobilizes, present participle mobilizing, simple past and past participle mobilized)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To make something mobile.
  2. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war.
    Synonyms:
    activate
  3. (British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive) To get ready for war.

Questions about mobilizing

What is mobilizing the present participle and gerund of?
Mobilizing is the present participle and gerund of mobilize.

Words near mobilizing in the dictionary

  1. mobilizee
  2. mobilizees
  3. mobilizer
  4. mobilizers
  5. mobilizes
  6. mobilizing
  7. mobilome
  8. mobilomes
  9. mobilometer
  10. mobilometers
  11. mobilopathies

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