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mobile adjective [ ˈməʊbʌɪl ]

• able to move or be moved freely or easily.
• "he has a weight problem and is not very mobile"
Similar: able to move, able to move around, moving, walking, ambulant, ambulatory, lively, sprightly, spry, energetic, vigorous, motile,
Opposite: immobile, motionless, inert,
• relating to mobile phones, handheld computers, and similar technology.
• "the next generation of mobile networks"
• able or willing to move easily or freely between occupations, places of residence, or social classes.
• "an increasingly mobile society"
Similar: adaptable, flexible, versatile, changing, fluid, moving, on the move, adjustable, transplantable,
Opposite: static,

mobile noun

• a decorative structure that is suspended so as to turn freely in the air.
• "brightly coloured mobiles rotated from the ceiling"
• a mobile phone.
• "we telephoned from our mobile to theirs"
• 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"
Origin: late 15th century: via French from Latin mobilis, from movere ‘to move’. The noun dates from the 1940s.

-mobile suffix

• forming nouns denoting vehicles of a particular type.
• "snowmobile"
Origin: from automobile.


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