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mobile
1[moh-buhl, -beel, -bahyl]
adjective
capable of moving or being moved readily.
Digital Technology., pertaining to or noting a cell phone, usually one with computing ability, or a portable, wireless computing device used while held in the hand, as in
utilizing motor vehicles for ready movement.
a mobile library.
Military., permanently equipped with vehicles for transport.
flowing freely, as a liquid.
changeable or changing easily in expression, mood, purpose, etc..
a mobile face.
quickly responding to impulses, emotions, etc., as the mind.
Sociology.
characterized by or permitting the mixing of social groups.
characterized by or permitting relatively free movement from one social class or level to another.
of or relating to a mobile.
noun
a piece of sculpture having delicately balanced units constructed of rods and sheets of metal or other material suspended in midair by wire or twine so that the individual parts can move independently, as when stirred by a breeze.
Informal., a mobile home.
Citizens Band Radio Slang., a vehicle.
Mobile
2[moh-beel, moh-beel]
noun
a seaport in SW Alabama at the mouth of the Mobile River.
a river in SW Alabama, formed by the confluence of the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers. 38 miles (61 km) long.
-mobile
3a combining form extracted from automobile, occurring as the final element in compounds denoting specialized types of motorized conveyances: snowmobile; especially productive in coinages naming vehicles equipped to procure or deliver objects, provide services, etc., to people without regular access to these: bloodmobile; bookmobile; clubmobile; jazzmobile.
mobile
1/ ˈməʊbaɪl /
adjective
having freedom of movement; movable
changing quickly in expression
a mobile face
sociol (of individuals or social groups) moving within and between classes, occupations, and localities
upwardly mobile
(of military forces) able to move freely and quickly to any given area
informal, (postpositive) having transport available
are you mobile tonight?
noun
a sculpture suspended in midair with delicately balanced parts that are set in motion by air currents
( as modifier ) Compare stabile
mobile sculpture
short for mobile phone
Mobile
2/ ˈməʊbiːl, məʊˈbiːl /
noun
a port in SW Alabama, on Mobile Bay (an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico): the state's only port and its first permanent settlement, made by French colonists in 1711. Pop: 193 464 (2003 est)
-mobile
3/ məʊˌbiːl /
suffix
indicating a vehicle designed for a particular person or purpose
Popemobile
mobile
A sculpture made up of suspended shapes that move.
Other Word Forms
- nonmobile adjective
- semimobile adjective
- unmobile adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of mobile1
Example Sentences
The Lowcountry Food Bank’s response has been to meet communities where they are, literally: mobile distribution sites, refrigerated trucks, and partnerships with local farms help get food into areas where traditional pantries are out of reach.
The food bank puts a lot of resources into mobile pantries or farm-to-pantry initiatives that get fresh produce into these food desert communities.
The food bank has developed mobile pantry programs to serve those groups, but this isn’t a viable long term solution.
And while communities are adapting — through mobile pantries, food lockers, and expanded delivery programs — innovation can only go so far when the underlying problem is affordability and bad policy.
During one of Google’s two landmark antitrust trials, Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella suggested to a judge that more than just advances in AI were needed to overcome Google’s search dominance, especially on mobile phones.
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