Word Frequency
mobile (ˈməʊbaɪl
)
Definitions
adjective
- having freedom of movement; movable
- changing quickly in expression ⇒
a mobile face
- (sociology) (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
- postpositive (informal) having transport available ⇒
are you mobile tonight?
noun
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- a sculpture suspended in midair with delicately balanced parts that are set in motion by air currents
- (as modifier) ⇒
mobile sculpture
Compare stabile
- short for mobile phone
Word Origin
C15: via Old French from Latin mōbilis, from movēre to moveSynonyms
View thesaurus entry = movable, moving, travelling, wandering, portable, locomotive, itinerant, peripatetic, ambulatory, motile
Translations for 'mobile'
- British English: mobile Something or someone that is mobile is able to move or be moved easily.He is now mobile thanks to an electric wheelchair.ˈməʊbaɪl ADJECTIVE
- Arabic: مُتَحَرِكُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: móbile
- Chinese: 能活动的
- Croatian: mobilan
- Czech: mobilní
- Danish: mobil
- Dutch: mobieltje
- European Spanish: móvil
- Finnish: mobilechildren's
- French: portabletéléphone
- German: Mobile Mobiles
- Greek: κινητό
- Italian: cellularetelefono
- Japanese: モビール
- Korean: 모빌
- Norwegian: mobil
- Polish: telefon komórkowy
- Portuguese: móbile
- Romanian: mobil mobil, mobilă, mobili, mobile
- Russian: мобильный
- Spanish: móvil
- Swedish: mobiltelefon
- Thai: เคลื่อนที่ได้
- Turkish: taşınabilir
- Ukrainian: мобільний
- Vietnamese: di động
- British English: mobile You use mobile to describe something large that can be moved easily from place to place. ADJECTIVE...special mobile units where men can have their fingerprints taken and donate a specimen of blood.
- Brazilian Portuguese: móvel
- Chinese: 可移动的可移动動的
- European Spanish: móvil
- French: mobile
- German: mobil
- Italian: mobile
- Japanese: 移動式の
- Korean: 이동식의
- Portuguese: móvel
- Spanish: móvil
Example Sentences Including 'mobile'
Being nice kids they gave me the chance to redeem myself by showing how good I was at the games on my mobile phone.IN FORKBEARD'S WAKE: Coasting Round Scandinavia (2003)
Below, three men huddled by a black Land-Rover, one of them on a mobile.CHAMELEON (2002)
GLC repairs to a mobile studio in the back of the bus, where he'll work on rhymes most of the ride.Maxim (2004)
He was still mulling over his options when his mobile phone rang.LOST SUMMER (2002)
Ms Doyle is expected to move to reduce the price of mobile calls here shortly.Irish Times (2002)
Now we've got television, videos, Sky, mobile phones, families with two or three cars.Glasgow Herald (2001)
Occasionally the fighting caught up with our constantly mobile HQ -- it was all street to street, house to house with the Russians.THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)
The new regulations will not prohibit the use of a mobile phone which is attached to a specific car kit, attached to the body of the car.Irish Times (2002)
This prompted him to set up Digital Bridges, a company providing video games to mobile phones.Glasgow Herald (2001)
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