UPWARDLY MOBILE

Meaning of UPWARDLY MOBILE in English

ˌupwardly ˈmobile BrE AmE adjective

moving up through the social classes and becoming richer:

the upwardly mobile middle classes

—ˌupward moˈbility noun [uncountable]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

UPWARDLY-MOBILE — upwardly-mobile BrE AmE ˌʌp wəd li ˈməʊb aɪ ə l ◂ AmE \ -w ə rd li ˈmoʊb ə l …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UPWARDLY MOBILE — adjective moving towards a higher social position, usually in which you become richer : upwardly mobile immigrant groups an upwardly …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UPWARDLY MOBILE — If you describe someone as upwardly mobile , you mean that they are moving, have moved, or are trying to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UPWARDLY MOBILE — adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A great deal of the nudge-nudge wink-wink routine by the young upwardly mobile male executives …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UPWARDLY MOBILE — adjective see: upward mobility
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
UPWARDLY MOBILE — adjective see upward mobility
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UPWARDLY MOBILE — see upward mobility
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UPWARDLY MOBILE — If you describe someone as ~, you mean that they are moving, have moved, or are trying to move to …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
UPWARDLY MOBILE — See ↑ CLASS 8
Longman Activator English vocab
UPWARDLY MOBILE — moving from working or lower class into the middle or higher class.
Raynet Business and Marketing English Glossary
MOBILE — I. mo ‧ bile 1 /ˈməʊbaɪl $ ˈmoʊb ə l, -biːl/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOBILE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a mobile library British English (= a small library inside a vehicle ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOBILE — adj mobile; festas mobile movable feasts; benes mobile personal estate, movables n piece of furniture; mobiles furniture
Interlingua English vocab
UPWARDLY — adverb see: upward
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MOBILE — City (pop., 2000: 198,915), southwestern Alabama, U.S., situated on Mobile Bay at the mouth of the Mobile River. The site …
Английский словарь Британика
UPWARDLY — adverb see upward III
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOBILE — I. mo·bile ˈmōbəl, -ˌbēl also -ˌbīl or -(ˌ)bil sometimes mōˈbē(ə)l adjective Etymology: Middle French, from Latin mobilis, from (assumed) Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-MOBILE — mōˌbēl, məˌ- sometimes -ˌbil noun combining form ( -s ) Etymology: automobile : vehicle club mobile book mobile blood mobile
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOBILE — /moh"beuhl, -beel/ or, esp. Brit., /-buyl/ for 1-8, 10, 11; /moh"beel/ or, Brit., /-buyl/ for 9 , adj. 1. capable …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UPWARDLY — adv. toward a higher place or position, up
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
UPWARDLY — see upward II
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOBILE — I. ˈmō-bəl, -ˌbī-əl also -ˌbēl adjective Etymology: Middle English mobyll, from Anglo-French moble, from Latin mobilis, from movēre to move …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-MOBILE — Etymology: automobile 1. : motorized vehicle snow mobile 2. : automotive vehicle bringing services to the public blood mobile book …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOBILE — adj the mob; the populace. 2. mobile ·adj capable of being moved; not fixed in place or condition; movable. 3. …
Webster English vocab
MOBILE — [mo.bile] adj [ME mobyll, fr. MF mobile, fr. L mobilis, fr. movere to move] (15c) 1: capable of moving or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MOBILE — city, seat of Mobile County, southwestern Alabama, U.S. It lies on Mobile Bay (Gulf of Mexico) at the mouth of …
Britannica English vocabulary
MOBILE — mobile BrE AmE ˈməʊb aɪ ə l AmE ˈmoʊb ə l -iː ə l, -aɪ ə l ▷ mobile|s z …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MOBILE — / ˈməʊbaɪl; NAmE ˈmoʊbl/ adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. [ usually before noun ] that is not fixed in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UPWARDLY — adv. in an upward direction. øupwardly mobile able or aspiring to advance socially or professionally.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UPWARDLY — adv. in an upward direction. upwardly mobile able or aspiring to advance socially or professionally.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
UPWARDLY — adv. in an upward direction. Phrases and idioms: upwardly mobile able or aspiring to advance socially or professionally.
Oxford English vocab
MOBILE — ( mobiles) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. You use mobile to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UPWARDLY — [adverb] [not gradable]If someone is upwardly mobile, they are moving or able to move to a higher social class, for …
Cambridge English vocab
MOBILE — [adjective] - able to move freely or be easily movedYou've broken your ankle but you'll be fully mobile (= able …
Cambridge English vocab
MOBILE — n. City (pop., 2000: 198,915), southwestern Alabama, U.S., situated on Mobile Bay at the mouth of the Mobile River. The …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
UPWARDLY — adv.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
UPWARDLY — adv. Upwardly is used with these adjectives: ↑ mobile
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MOBILE — n. 25B6; adjective both patients are mobile : ABLE TO MOVE (AROUND), moving, walking; Zoology motile; Medicine ambulant. her mobile …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MOBILE — adj. 1 movable, non-stationary, unstationary, unfixed, travelling, portable, transportable A mobile display was designed for industrial fairs 2 motorized, mechanical, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
UPWARDLY — вверху вверх
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MOBILE — 1. прил. 1) а) подвижной, мобильный; движущийся, передвигающийся б) передвижной mobile broadcasting company mobile broadcasting team Syn : movable, travelling, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UPWARDLY — Упомянутый выше
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
UPWARDLY — Наверх
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
UPWARDLY — Вверх
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MOBILE — mobile.ogg _I 1. ʹməʋbaıl n 1. мобайл, подвижная абстрактная скульптура из листового железа и проволоки ( обыкн. подвесная ) 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
UPWARDLY — вверху
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
MOBILE — 1) движимый 2) легкоподвижный 3) маловязкий 4) мобильный 5) передвижной 6) подвижной • mobile gamma ray source — машиностр. гамма-установка передвижная mobile incident logger — передвижной регистратор событий mobile …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
UPWARDLY — вверх
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
MOBILE — _I 1. ʹməʋbaıl n 1. мобайл, подвижная абстрактная скульптура из листового железа и проволоки ( обыкн. подвесная ) 2. 1> …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
MOBILE — 1. прил. 1) а) подвижной, мобильный; движущийся, передвигающийся б) передвижной - mobile broadcasting company - mobile broadcasting team Syn: movable …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
MOBILE — 1. прил. 1) а) подвижной, мобильный; движущийся, передвигающийся б) передвижной - mobile broadcasting company - mobile broadcasting team Syn: movable, travelling, lively, active Ant: stable I 2) а) изменчивый, изменяющийся Syn: changeable, inconstant б) …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
MOBILE — 1. _a. 1> подвижной, мобильный; передвижной; - mobile warfare - mobile broadcasting company - mobile broadcasting team 2> подвижный, живой; …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
MOBILE — 1. a. 1. подвижной, мобильный; передвижной; - mobile warfare - mobile broadcasting company - mobile broadcasting team 2. подвижный, живой; …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
MOBILE — 1. _a. 1> подвижной, мобильный; передвижной; mobile warfare манёвренная война; mobile broadcasting company (или team) передвижная радиовещательная или телевизионная бригада …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
MOBILE — Мобил Город на юго-западе штата Алабама; порт в бухте Мобил [Mobile Bay] Мексиканского залива [Mexico, Gulf of]. 198,9 тыс. жителей (2000), …
MOBILE — Мобил Город на юго-западе штата Алабама; порт в бухте Мобил [Mobile Bay] Мексиканского залива . 198,9 тыс. жителей (2000), второй …
UPWARDLY — вверху вверх
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MOBILE — 1. прил. 1) а) подвижной, мобильный; движущийся, передвигающийся б) передвижной mobile broadcasting company mobile broadcasting team Syn : movable, travelling, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
UPWARDLY — вверх
Англо-Русский словарь
UPWARDLY (OR DOWNWARDLY) MOBILE — upwardly ( or downwardly) mobile moving to a higher (or lower) social class. → mobile
Concise Oxford English vocab
UPWARDLY-FACING SURFACE — = upwardly-directed surface
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства 2
WINE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a wine bar (= a bar selling mostly wine, in contrast to a pub …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLASS — INDEX: in school/college 1. a group of students in a school, college etc 2. the period of time during which …
Longman Activator English vocab
YUPPIE — noun and adjective Also written Yuppie or yuppy (People and Society) noun: A young urban (or upwardly mobile) professional; a …
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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