Meaning of "demob" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF DEMOB

demob  [diːˈmɒb]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEMOB

Demob is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb demob in English.

WHAT DOES DEMOB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Demobilization

Demobilization or demobilisation is the process of standing down a nation's armed forces from combat-ready status. This may be as a result of victory in war, or because a crisis has been peacefully resolved and military force will not be necessary. The opposite of demobilization is mobilization. Forceful demobilization of a defeated enemy is called demilitarization. In the final days of World War II, for example, the United States Armed Forces developed a demobilization plan which would discharge soldiers on the basis of a point system that favoured length and certain types of service. The British armed forces were demobilised according to an 'age-and-service' scheme. The phrase demob happy refers to demobilization and is broadly applied to the feeling of relief at imminent release from a time-serving burden, such as a career. In the Russian language it is known as dembel and has become a certain tradition in the Soviet and post-Soviet Armed Forces. A United States equivalent is "short-timer's disease", comparable to "senioritis" among United States high-school students.

Definition of demob in the English dictionary

The definition of demob in the dictionary is a soldier who has been demobilized.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DEMOB

PRESENT

Present

I demob

you demob

he/she/it demobs

we demob

you demob

they demob

Present continuous

I am demobbing

you are demobbing

he/she/it is demobbing

we are demobbing

you are demobbing

they are demobbing

Present perfect

I have demobbed

you have demobbed

he/she/it has demobbed

we have demobbed

you have demobbed

they have demobbed

Present perfect continuous

I have been demobbing

you have been demobbing

he/she/it has been demobbing

we have been demobbing

you have been demobbing

they have been demobbing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I demobbed

you demobbed

he/she/it demobbed

we demobbed

you demobbed

they demobbed

Past continuous

I was demobbing

you were demobbing

he/she/it was demobbing

we were demobbing

you were demobbing

they were demobbing

Past perfect

I had demobbed

you had demobbed

he/she/it had demobbed

we had demobbed

you had demobbed

they had demobbed

Past perfect continuous

I had been demobbing

you had been demobbing

he/she/it had been demobbing

we had been demobbing

you had been demobbing

they had been demobbing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will demob

you will demob

he/she/it will demob

we will demob

you will demob

they will demob

Future continuous

I will be demobbing

you will be demobbing

he/she/it will be demobbing

we will be demobbing

you will be demobbing

they will be demobbing

Future perfect

I will have demobbed

you will have demobbed

he/she/it will have demobbed

we will have demobbed

you will have demobbed

they will have demobbed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been demobbing

you will have been demobbing

he/she/it will have been demobbing

we will have been demobbing

you will have been demobbing

they will have been demobbing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would demob

you would demob

he/she/it would demob

we would demob

you would demob

they would demob

Conditional continuous

I would be demobbing

you would be demobbing

he/she/it would be demobbing

we would be demobbing

you would be demobbing

they would be demobbing

Conditional perfect

I would have demob

you would have demob

he/she/it would have demob

we would have demob

you would have demob

they would have demob

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been demobbing

you would have been demobbing

he/she/it would have been demobbing

we would have been demobbing

you would have been demobbing

they would have been demobbing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you demob
we let´s demob
you demob

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to demob

Past participle

demobbed

Present Participle

demobbing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF DEMOB

Find out the translation of demob to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of demob from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «demob» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: demob
• Translator English - Spanish: demob
• English: demob
• Translator English - Hindi: demob
• Translator English - Arabic: demob
• Translator English - Russian: дембеля
• Translator English - Portuguese: demob
• Translator English - Bengali: সৈন্যদল ভেঙে দেবার ফলে সৈন্যবিশেষের মুক্তি
• Translator English - French: démobilisé
• Translator English - Malay: Demob
• Translator English - German: demobilisieren
• Translator English - Japanese: demob
• Translator English - Korean: demob
• Translator English - Javanese: Demob
• Translator English - Vietnamese: demob
• Translator English - Tamil: படைக் கலைப்புச் செய்
• Translator English - Marathi: डेमोब
• Translator English - Turkish: terhis etmek
• Translator English - Italian: demob
• Translator English - Polish: demob
• Translator English - Ukrainian: дембеля
• Translator English - Romanian: demobiliza
• Translator English - Greek: demob
• Translator English - Afrikaans: demob
• Translator English - Swedish: demob
• Translator English - Norwegian: demob

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEMOB»

Discover the use of demob in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to demob and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

A Place of Their Own: The Men and Women of War Service Land ...

McRAE, Angus James (2126) ' 24 Jul 1924 Barmera Labourer Horticulture ' 9 Oct 1943 Adelaide ' RAAF LAC Aust, Morotai, Taralcan: Jul 1945-Dec 1945 ' 12 Jun 1946 Demob ' 28 Jun 1947 Barmera ' 1950 ' 484 MEWE'l'l', Clarence James ...

Karen George, 1999

The Vow: Rebuilding the Fachler Tribe After the Holocaust

15. DEMOB. AND. CIVILIAN. EMPLOYMENT. The British Army's demobilisation process was based on age and on length of service. Thus a 40 year old who had been serving since September 1939 had a demob number of 1, while a 19 year ...

Yanky Fachler, 2003

GET IN GET OUT AND GET AWAY: MEMOIRS OF A NATIONAL SERVICEMAN

Quite often lads awaiting demob, made up a 28 day calendar, which was taped to the inside of their lockers and every day leading up to demob, the days would be meticulously crossed off. These calendars were a real sickener to see, when ...

ALAN E PARKINSON, 2011

Memories of the Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers WWII: ...

This all took time and I was due to go on demob, and anyone facing a charge of any sort was not allowed to go on demob until it was all cleared up, so I was kept back for a couple of weeks until my hearing. I was then marched in by the ...

Sylvester Till, 2007

Movers and Shakers: A Chronology of Words that Shaped Our Age

At Trafalgar Square. demob n (1934) a colloquial abbreviation of demobilization ' release from military service at the end of hostilities'. The term was on many lips in 1945 and '46, often preceding another noun (as in demob suit, a suit issued to  ...

John Ayto, 2006

United States Army in World War 2, Technical Services, ...

Memo, CofT for Dir of Industrial Demob ASF, 24 Nov 43, OCT 387 Demob Plng — Materiel; OCT Off Order 5-22, 25 Nov 43, sub: Demob Plng Unit; Memo, CofT for Dirs and Div Cs OCT. 10 Apr 45, sub: Responsibility for Preparing and ...

Defense Department, Army, Center of Military History

Three String Blues

'Hello, lads,' offered the first Demob suit. His unruly lips failed to mask a smirk. ' Busy are we?' He ran a thumb and finger, either side of his chin, which had neglected to make an acquaintance with a razor that morning. The second Demob suit ...

Pete Townsend, 2007

Ye Wee Italian Bastird

DEMOB. HAPPY. Demob. had me helping in the chip shop. The shop was now very busy. The new housing schemes were being built and the jute workers would get off the trams at teatime and buy the family meals. I got used to their orders ...

Ron Rossi, 2010

NATIONAL SERVICE, ELVIS and ME!

I did not go into town again; it was only a month from demob and I never saw the lady again! Then there was the night we thought we were being mortared. Many arms en route from Egypt were being 'diverted' to the terrorists. We had a remote  ...

David Fowler, 2009

Men and Menswear: Sartorial Consumption in Britain 1880-1939

I could scarcely recognise myself, so great was the change they had made in my appearance, and so different the train of ideas they now started in my mind'.6 Others, on the contrary, saw the shoddiness of the demob suit and the lack of ...

Laura Ugolini, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEMOB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term demob is used in the context of the following news items.

Listen: Demob Happy Share 'Wash It Down'

Brighton's Demob Happy are a deeply independent entity, one of the pillars of the city's DIY scene. The band's debut album is forthcoming, with new single ... «Clash Magazine, Jul 15»

Watch footage of Nottingham in years gone by - thanks to new …

... and the black and white film captures the bustling heart of Nottingham where ration books could still be found in the pockets of demob suits. «Nottingham Post, Jul 15»

Former daily chief photographer turned law lecturer dies aged 79

... after demob he decided to serve with The Territorial Army, where he was attached to the Parachute Regiment, making 38 parachute jumps. «HoldTheFrontPage.co.uk, Jul 15»

Demob Happy Stream New Single Wash It Down

The track, which is set for release August 14 via SO Recordings, is taken from the quartet's forthcoming debut album. Discussing it, frontman ... «Stereoboard.com, Jul 15»

Tenbury High holds summer fete

STUDENTS and staff were in demob happy as the Tenbury High School Ormiston Academy enjoyed the sunshine at its summer fete. «Evesham Journal, Jul 15»

Black Honey: “If it was my way we'd still be a secret band”

The slow reveal started out with a secret show at fellow Brighton band Demob Happy's cafe, and continued with a handful of demos.It escalated ... «DIY Magazine, Jul 15»

Listen to Demob Happy's thunderous new single 'Wash It Down'

Brighton's gutsy grunge act Demob Happy are back ahead of their forthcoming debut album with guttural first single 'Wash It Down'. Once again ... «The 405, Jul 15»

The Importance of Being Earnest review: David Suchet fans will love …

There's a mischievous sense that David Suchet CBE is feeling demob happy. After completing the Herculean task of filming all 74 of Agatha ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»

Nicholas Winton:, 'Britain's Schindler', gave the gift of life

After demob in 1946, Winton became assistant to Abba Schwartz, the Reparations Director of the Intergovernmental Committee for Refugees in ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»

Demob Happy showcase new track 'Wash It Down'

Demob Happy may still be a fairly fledgling band in the grander scheme of things but it's safe to say that already the Brighton-via-Newcastle ... «DIY Magazine, Jul 15»