{
    "term": "mobilize",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "mobilize",
            "heSheIt": "mobilizes"
        },
        "pastSimple": "mobilized",
        "pastParticiple": "mobilized",
        "ingForm": "mobilizing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to work together in order to achieve a particular aim; to organize a group of people to do this",
            "sensetop": "mobilize (somebody)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The unions mobilized thousands of workers in a protest against the cuts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They successfully mobilized public opinion against him."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "rally",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["effectively", "successfully", "quickly"],
                "verb + mobilize": ["be able to", "can be mobilized"],
                "preposition": ["against", "for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to find and start to use something that is needed for a particular purpose",
            "sensetop": "mobilize something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They were unable to mobilize the resources they needed."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["effectively", "successfully", "quickly"],
                "verb + mobilize": ["be able to", "can be mobilized"],
                "preposition": ["against", "for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "if a country mobilizes its army, or if a country or army mobilizes, it makes itself ready to fight in a war",
            "sensetop": "mobilize (somebody/something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The troops were ordered to mobilize."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The military is able to mobilize rapidly."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["effectively", "successfully", "quickly"],
                "verb + mobilize": ["be able to", "can be mobilized"],
                "preposition": ["against", "for"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈməʊbəlaɪz/",
                "audio": "mo/mobilize/mobilize__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈməʊbəlaɪzɪz/",
                "audio": "mo/mobilize/mobilizes__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈməʊbəlaɪzd/",
                "audio": "mo/mobilize/mobilized__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈməʊbəlaɪzɪŋ/",
                "audio": "mo/mobilize/mobilizing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈməʊbəlaɪz/",
                "audio": "mo/mobilize/mobilize__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈməʊbəlaɪzɪz/",
                "audio": "mo/mobilize/mobilizes__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈməʊbəlaɪzd/",
                "audio": "mo/mobilize/mobilized__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈməʊbəlaɪzɪŋ/",
                "audio": "mo/mobilize/mobilizing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 19th cent.: from French mobiliser, from mobile, from Latin mobilis, from movere ‘to move’."
}