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mobilisation

/ˌməʊbɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən/

C1CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

Medicine noun

A hands-on technique using graded, controlled movement to improve joint or tissue mobility.

Gentle mobilisation of the stiff shoulder was combined with active exercises to restore range.

Topic: Physiotherapy in Medical English

Business noun

The initial ramp-up in which a project's team, tools and governance are stood up and made ready.

Mobilisation ran long because access approvals stalled, eating into the delivery window before we'd started.

Similar: ramp-up, standup

Topic: Project management in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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