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   mobile

   /ˈməʊbʌɪl/

   adjective

   • 1. able to move or be moved freely or easily: "he has a weight problem and is not very mobile" Similar able to moveable to move aroundmovingwalkingambulantambulatorylivelysprightlyspryenergeticvigorousmotileOpposite immobilemotionlessinert
   • ▪ (of the face or its features) indicating feelings with fluid and expressive movements: "her mobile features worked overtime to register shock and disapproval" Similar expressiveeloquentsuggestivemeaningspeakingrevealingtelltaleanimatedchangingever-changingOpposite expressionless
   • ▪ (of a shop, library, or other service) accommodated in a vehicle so as to travel around and serve various places: "a mobile library visits once a fortnight" Similar travellingtransportabletransferableportablemovablelocomotivemanoeuvrableitinerantperipateticnomadicperegrinewanderingrovingrangyairbornemechanizedmotorizedwaterborneseaborneOpposite stationary
   • ▪ (of a military or police unit) equipped and prepared to move quickly to any place it is needed: "at first the regiment's role was to act as a mobile reserve"
   • 2. relating to mobile phones, handheld computers, and similar technology: "the next generation of mobile networks"
   • 3. able or willing to move easily or freely between occupations, places of residence, or social classes: "an increasingly mobile society" Similar adaptableflexibleversatilechangingfluidmovingon the moveadjustabletransplantableOpposite static

   noun

   • 1. a decorative structure that is suspended so as to turn freely in the air: "brightly coloured mobiles rotated from the ceiling"
   • 2. a mobile phone: British "we telephoned from our mobile to theirs"
   • 3. the internet as accessed via smartphones or other mobile devices, especially when regarded as a market sector: "the biggest growth area in games right now is in mobile"

   Word Origin late 15th century: via French from Latin mobilis, from movere ‘to move’. The noun dates from the 1940s.

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