mobile

[[t]mo͟ʊbaɪl, AM -b(ə)l[/t]]

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mobiles

1) ADJ: usu ADJ n You use mobile to describe something large that can be moved easily from place to place.

...special mobile units where men can have their fingerprints taken and donate a specimen of blood.

...the four hundred seat mobile theatre.

2) ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ If you are mobile, you can move or travel easily from place to place, for example because you are not physically disabled or because you have your own transport.

I'm still very mobile.

Derived words:

mobility [[t]moʊbɪ̱lɪti[/t]] N-UNCOUNT

Two cars gave them the freedom and mobility to go their separate ways.

3) ADJ-GRADED In a mobile society, people move easily from one job, home, or social class to another.

We're a very mobile society, and people move after they get divorced.

...young, mobile professionals.

Derived words:

mobility N-UNCOUNT

Prior to the nineteenth century, there were almost no channels of social mobility.

4) ADJ-GRADED If someone has a mobile face, the expression on their face changes quickly as their feelings change.

Robyn had the more mobile, more expressive face.

5) N-COUNT A mobile is a decoration which you hang from a ceiling. It usually consists of several small objects which move as the air around them moves.

6) N-COUNT A mobile is the same as a mobile phone.

7) → See also upwardly mobile