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mobile
1[ moh-buhl, -beelor, especially British, -bahyl ]
adjective
- capable of moving or being moved readily.
- Digital Technology. pertaining to or noting a cell phone, usually one with computing ability, or a portable, wireless computing device used while held in the hand, as in mobile tablet mobile PDA mobile app
- utilizing motor vehicles for ready movement:
a mobile library.
- Military. permanently equipped with vehicles for transport.
- flowing freely, as a liquid.
- changeable or changing easily in expression, mood, purpose, etc.:
a mobile face.
- quickly responding to impulses, emotions, etc., as the mind.
- Sociology.
- characterized by or permitting the mixing of social groups.
- characterized by or permitting relatively free movement from one social class or level to another.
- of or relating to a mobile.
noun
- a piece of sculpture having delicately balanced units constructed of rods and sheets of metal or other material suspended in midair by wire or twine so that the individual parts can move independently, as when stirred by a breeze. Compare stabile ( def 3 ).
- Informal. a mobile home.
- Citizens Band Radio Slang. a vehicle.
Mobile
2[ moh-beel, moh-beel ]
noun
- a seaport in SW Alabama at the mouth of the Mobile River.
- a river in SW Alabama, formed by the confluence of the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers. 38 miles (61 km) long.
-mobile
3- a combining form extracted from automobile, occurring as the final element in compounds denoting specialized types of motorized conveyances: snowmobile; especially productive in coinages naming vehicles equipped to procure or deliver objects, provide services, etc., to people without regular access to these: bloodmobile; bookmobile; clubmobile; jazzmobile.
mobile
1/ ˈəʊɪ /
adjective
- having freedom of movement; movable
- changing quickly in expression
a mobile face
- sociol (of individuals or social groups) moving within and between classes, occupations, and localities
upwardly mobile
- (of military forces) able to move freely and quickly to any given area
- informal.postpositive having transport available
are you mobile tonight?
noun
- a sculpture suspended in midair with delicately balanced parts that are set in motion by air currents
- ( as modifier ) Compare stabile
mobile sculpture
- short for mobile phone
Mobile
2/ ˈməʊbiːl; məʊˈbiːl /
noun
- a port in SW Alabama, on Mobile Bay (an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico): the state's only port and its first permanent settlement, made by French colonists in 1711. Pop: 193 464 (2003 est)
-mobile
3/ əʊˌː /
suffix forming nouns
- indicating a vehicle designed for a particular person or purpose
Popemobile
mobile
- A sculpture made up of suspended shapes that move.
Notes
Other Word Forms
- ԴDz·b adjective
- i·b adjective
- ܲ·b adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of mobile1
Example Sentences
Passengers on the Barcelona metro had to walk to safety using the torches on their mobile phones when their trains became stuck in tunnels.
As one cut it down using a technique known as hinge and wedge, the other filmed the act of "deliberate mindless criminal damage" on Mr Graham's mobile phone, the court heard.
Initially, mobile phone networks also went down for some, leaving many scrambling for information.
A 27-year-old university student who climbed Mount Fuji outside of its official climbing season was rescued twice in four days, after he returned to look for his mobile phone.
Lawyers for ConvrtX say it delivered Ms Martin a fully developed mobile app and source code, despite her having failed to pay her remaining balance.
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