Mobile

/'moubail/
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Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Capable of moving or being moved easily: Describes something that is not fixed in place and can be transported or relocated.
    • Characterized by ease of movement or change: Often used to describe people, populations, or societies that move frequently or can change social or economic status.
    • Relating to cellular phones: Pertaining to portable telephones (a common modern usage, often as part of the compound term "mobile phone").

  2. Noun:

    • A decorative structure with balanced parts moved by air currents: A type of kinetic sculpture, often hung from the ceiling, whose parts move freely.
    • A city or geographical feature: A proper noun referring to a city in Alabama, USA (Mobile), or its associated bay and river.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • The library has a mobile cart for books. (The cart can be moved easily from room to room.)
    • Modern society is highly mobile. (People move and change jobs or locations frequently.)
    • She is always mobile, traveling for work. (She is capable of and does move from place to place readily.)

  • Noun:

    • The baby was fascinated by the colorful mobile above the crib. (The hanging sculpture moved gently in the air.)
    • They took a cruise from the port of Mobile. (Referring to the city in Alabama.)
Advanced Usage
  • "Upwardly mobile": Describing individuals or groups who are advancing in social or economic status.
    • The company attracts young, upwardly mobile professionals.
  • "Mobile workforce": Refers to employees who are not tied to a single location and can work from various places.
    • Technology enables a more mobile workforce.
Variants and Related Words
  • Mobility (n): The quality or state of being able to move about freely.
    • The scooter increased her mobility.
  • Mobilize (v): To make something capable of movement or to organize resources for action.
    • The army began to mobilize its forces.
  • Mobile phone / Cell phone (n compound): A portable telephone.
    • I left my mobile phone at home.
Synonyms
  • Portable: Capable of being carried or moved easily.
  • Movable: Able to be moved.
  • Nomadic: Characterized by moving from place to place.
Related Phrases
  • On the move: Actively traveling or progressing.
    • After the meeting, the sales team was on the move again.
  • Mobile home: A prefabricated house that can be transported.
    • They live in a mobile home park.
Related Idioms
  • A mobile face: An idiom describing a person's face that shows emotions and changes expression easily and quickly.
    • The actor has a wonderfully mobile face, perfect for silent film.
Adjective
  1. affording change (especially in social status)
    • Britain is not a truly fluid society
    • upwardly mobile
  2. capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another
    • a highly mobile face
  3. having transportation available
  4. moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place)
    • a mobile missile system
    • the tongue is...the most mobile articulator
  5. migratory
    • a restless mobile society
    • the nomadic habits of the Bedouins
    • believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future
    • wandering tribes
Noun
  1. sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents
  2. a port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay
  3. a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay

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