mobileadjective
uk/ˈməʊ.baɪl/us/ˈmoʊ.bəl/mobile adjective (MOVING)
[ not usually before noun ] moving or walking around freely:
able to be moved from one place to another:
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- It will be months before he is mobile again.
- He uses a mobile laboratory.
- The equipment is not really mobile.
- We have family ties, so we're not very mobile.
- She works for a mobile unit of doctors.
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Movement
- ambulatory
- be treading water idiom
- catalepsy
- comings
- get
- gravitation
- immobile
- immobilize
- inert
- motile
- motility
- motion
- movable
- movement
- moving
- pull
- pull up short idiom
- steady
- still
- tread
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mobile adjective (TECHNOLOGY)
used to describe a service available on a mobile phone, small computer, etc.:
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Communications - telephone equipment
- Ansaphone
- answerphone
- brick
- cardphone
- cell
- cell phone
- cradle
- ext
- extension
- GPRS
- hands-free
- handset
- kiosk
- landline
- linesman
- phone card
- speed dial
- telephone
- telephone exchange
- videophone
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mobilenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈməʊ.baɪl/us/ˈmoʊ.bəl/mobile noun [ C ] (PHONE)
A1 mainly UK US usually cell phone a mobile phone
a mobile number :
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Communications - telephone equipment
- Ansaphone
- answerphone
- brick
- cardphone
- cell
- cell phone
- cradle
- ext
- extension
- GPRS
- hands-free
- handset
- kiosk
- landline
- linesman
- phone card
- speed dial
- telephone
- telephone exchange
- videophone
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mobile noun [ C ] (DECORATION)
a decoration or work of art that has many parts that move freely in the air, for example hanging from threads
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Crafts
- artificer
- artisan
- artisanal
- arts and crafts
- artsy-craftsy
- craftsmanship
- craftswoman
- emboss
- engrave
- engraver
- handcraft
- handcrafted
- handicraft
- handiwork
- inlay
- silkscreen
- straw
- tjanting tool
- tritik
- weave
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