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mo·bile
 mobile
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
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adjective |
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mo
b l
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| definition 1: |
able to move or be moved from one place or position to another.
a mobile home- synonyms:
- motile, movable
- antonyms:
- immobile, immovable, stabile, stationary
- similar words:
- ambulatory, animate, locomotive, moving, portable, traveling
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| definition 2: |
in motion ; moving.
Objects appear different when they are mobile.- antonyms:
- immobile, motionless
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| definition 3: |
changing rapidly or readily from one state, mood, expression, or the like, to another.
a mobile mouth- synonyms:
- changeable, fluid, mutable
- antonyms:
- immobile, motionless, stable
- similar words:
- expressive, protean, reactive, responsive, restless, volatile
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| definition 4: |
characterized by relatively easy or common movement from one social class or level to another or by an easy intermixture of different social groups.
an upwardly mobile person- similar words:
- progressive
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| related words: |
mercurial, motive |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
mo
bil
for 1
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mo
baIl
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| definition 1: |
a work of art, usu. suspended, made of pieces that are connected by wire or string and that move when touched by a breeze. (Cf. stabile.)
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| definition 2: |
(chiefly British) a mobile telephone that operates using radio signals and therefore requires no wires; cell phone. A mobile is part of a system composed of many low-power radio transmitters located in "cells" across a region and will receive a radio signal from whichever transmitter in the system is closest.
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