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mobile
1[moh-buhl, -beel, -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
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.
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
3a 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: 193464 (2003 est)
-mobile
3/ əʊˌː /
suffix
indicating a vehicle designed for a particular person or purpose
Popemobile
mobile
A sculpture made up of suspended shapes that move.
Other 51Թ Forms
- nonmobile adjective
- semimobile adjective
- unmobile adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mobile1
Example Sentences
"They were questioned as witnesses and later their identities were fully confirmed via social networks, mobile phones, and partial radio intercepts that preceded the event. The entire unit in that sector was tracked."
A mobile alert went out to Minneapolis area residents warning them to "shelter in place."
"You've just got to keep going. I've got a business to run," he said, referring to his mobile coffee van which was hit during the first flood along with neighbours' vehicles.
The mobile home was not permitted for human occupancy, according to the report and Bonta’s lawsuit.
Three teenage girls have pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to the manslaughter of a 75-year-old man who died after a street attack that was filmed on a mobile phone.
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