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“Mobilize” or “Mobilise”

Language

Mobilize and mobilise are both English terms.

Usage

Mobilize is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while mobilise is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available):

Term US UK India Philippines Canada Australia Liberia Ireland New Zealand Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago Guyana
mobilize 99 30 53 96 89 32 0 40 49 100 0 0
mobilise 1 70 47 4 11 68 0 60 51 0 0 0

  • In the United States, there is a preference for "mobilize" over "mobilise" (99 to 1).
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a 70 to 30 preference for "mobilise" over "mobilize".
  • In India, there is a preference for "mobilize" over "mobilise" (53 to 47).
  • In the Philippines, there is a preference for "mobilize" over "mobilise" (96 to 4).
  • In Canada, there is a preference for "mobilize" over "mobilise" (89 to 11).
  • In Australia, there is a 68 to 32 preference for "mobilise" over "mobilize".
  • In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "mobilize" and "mobilise".
  • In Ireland, there is a 60 to 40 preference for "mobilise" over "mobilize".
  • In New Zealand, there is a 51 to 49 preference for "mobilise" over "mobilize".
  • In Jamaica, there is a preference for "mobilize" over "mobilise" (100 to 0).
  • In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "mobilize" and "mobilise".
  • In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "mobilize" and "mobilise".
Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use mobilize or mobilise with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “mobilize”

  • …of Defense was asked to mobilize its Army Reserve unit in…
  • …the potential of people to mobilize the enthusiasm and initiative of
  • In order to mobilize funds for this social cause,…
  • …the capacity of opponents to mobilize against executive action
  • …the Muslim League, tried to mobilize it for their own sake.
  • …units of Serbs he would mobilize to join the Army of…
  • …border, while Austria-Hungary began to mobilize against Serbia.
  • …Egyptian revolution, where he helped mobilize workers in the nationwide movement…
  • …just feel that I can’t mobilize that amount of greatness and…
  • The initiative endeavors to mobilize around 1000 qualified Somali youth…

Examples of “mobilise”

  • So rapidly did they mobilise that some of them had…
  • …confront the Jews and to mobilise Moslem opinion on the issue…
  • …Cypriot National Guard managed to mobilise only a fraction of its…
  • …property taxes are used to mobilise local resources.
  • …Books Dispute - attempted to mobilise Sydney Anarchists to reform &…
  • …argue the best way to mobilise the mass campaign that is…
  • …movement vowing to gather and mobilise the social majority who was…
  • …Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Russia would mobilise to assist allied Serbia, Germany…
  • …session when a decision to mobilise is taken, it must be…
  • …to their drill halls to mobilise, the men being billeted close


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