mobilization

CEFRB2

/mˌoʊbələˈzeɪʃən/

noun

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In plain English

01
noun
The process of preparing people or resources for action.
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noun
Extra detail
The marshalling and organizing of troops and national resources in preparation for war, bringing them to a state of readiness for an action.

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At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

The softening of rock such that geochemical migration can take place.
The act of mobilizing.
The transport of a copy of a gene from one chromosome, or one organism to another.

In context

a national mobilization to fight climate change
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed into law a key piece of legislation overhauling the country’s mobilization rules.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed into law a key piece of legislation overhauling the country’s mobilization rules.
2024 April 16, Olga Voitovych, Radina Gigova, Svitlana Vlasova and Christian Edwards, “Zelensky signs law overhauling Ukraine’s mobilization rules”, in CNN
It's produced tremendous activism and backlash: there's been all sorts of demonstrations and mobilizations in civil society, there's been examples from the people from the Administration being heckled in a restaurant or not served in a restaurant, there's been a growing crescendo of conversation about what that means.
2018 June 26, Chris Hayes, quotee, “How bad is it, really? Ezra Klein evaluates life in the Trump era: transcript & podcast”, in Why Is This Happening?

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From French mobilisation or mobilize + -ation.