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mobilise

/ˈməʊbɪlaɪz/

B1CEFR level
35/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

Medicine verb

To help a patient begin to move or walk again after injury or surgery.

We aim to mobilise the patient the day after hip replacement to prevent complications.

Topic: Musculoskeletal in Medical English

Business verb

To marshal people and resources into readiness for action.

Within hours she had mobilised a task force to contain the reputational fallout.

Similar: marshal, rally

Topic: Leadership & 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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