transcription, транскрипция: [ moʊbaɪl, AM -b(ə)l ]
( mobiles)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
You use mobile to describe something large that can be moved easily from place to place.
...the four hundred seat mobile theatre.
ADJ : usu ADJ n
2.
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.
ADJ : usu v-link ADJ
• mo‧bil‧ity
Two cars gave them the freedom and mobility to go their separate ways.
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3.
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.
ADJ
• mo‧bil‧ity
Prior to the nineteenth century, there were almost no channels of social mobility.
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4.
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.
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5.
A mobile is the same as a mobile phone .
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6.
see also upwardly mobile