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mobility

[moh-bil-i-tee]

noun

  1. the quality of being mobile.

  2. Sociology.social mobility.



mobility

/ əʊˈɪɪɪ /

noun

  1. the ability to move physically

    a knee operation has restricted his mobility

    mobility is part of physical education

  2. sociol (of individuals or social groups) movement within or between classes and occupations See also vertical mobility horizontal mobility

  3. time that a resident of a secure unit is allowed to spend outside the unit, as preparation for an eventual return to society

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • intermobility noun
  • nonmobility noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of mobility1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English mobilite, from Latin ō. See mobile, -ity
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Perhaps we could better define modernity as the European drive to control mobility, forcing others to accept their intrusions while denying free mobility to the rest of the world.

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“How will this work with teachers who have mobility issues who can’t cart stuff every period?” she said.

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Hospice is an interdisciplinary service that provides everything from pain relief to spiritual support to medication management to dietary consulting to mobility equipment to bereavement counseling.

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Those beautiful Cézannes and Picassos in the Guggenheim Museum can’t paper over the atrocities; the gilded myths of American optimism, our upward mobility and welcoming shores won’t mask the demons.

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And historically, the federal government has been a prominent force in upward mobility.

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