# mobile

Pronunciation: US say "MOH-buhl" /ˈmoʊbəl/; UK say "MOH-byl" /ˈməʊbaɪl/

## Adjective

1. Belonging to, made for, or done on a cell phone, as a mobile number, a mobile app, or mobile banking.
   - Simple: Relating to cell phones, or done by using them.
   - _Mobile banking lets users transfer money straight from their phones._
   - _The company launched a mobile app for ordering food on the go._
2. Able to move or be moved freely and easily, especially from place to place.
   - Simple: Able to move, or easy to move, from one place to another.
   - _The mobile command center can be deployed to disaster zones within hours._
   - _Engineers designed a mobile crane capable of relocating across the site._
6. Free or ready to change jobs, move to a new home, or rise or fall between social classes.
   - Simple: Able or happy to move to a new job, a new home, or a different place in society.
   - _The firm wants a mobile workforce that will relocate wherever new projects open up._
   - _Free public colleges made the postwar generation far more socially mobile than their parents._
7. Easily changed in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable and inclined to shift.
   - Simple: Quick to change in mood, plans, or feelings.
   - _Her mobile temperament made her thrilling company but an unreliable ally._
   - _The crowd's mobile sympathies swung from the prisoner to his accusers within a single afternoon._
8. Marked by an extreme degree of fluidity; flowing or moving with great freedom.
   - Simple: Flowing very freely and easily, like a thin liquid.
   - _The solvent is highly mobile, running off the surface almost instantly._
   - _Mercury is remarkably mobile, breaking into beads that race across glass._
9. Readily changing in appearance and expression as thoughts and feelings shift.
   - Simple: Changing look and expression easily as feelings change.
   - _Her mobile features registered surprise, doubt, and delight in quick succession._
   - _The comedian's mobile face did half the work of the joke._

## Noun

3. Ellipsis of mobile phone, meaning the phone itself rather than anything done with it. *(Ireland, UK)* — Ellipsis of mobile phone.
   - Simple: Short form of mobile phone. In Britain, people say it instead of cell phone.
   - _She charged her mobile overnight so it would last the trip._
   - _He silenced his mobile before the meeting began._
5. A hanging sculpture or decoration made of pieces arranged so that each can move independently in moving air. (pronounced: US say "MOH-beel" /ˈmoʊbil/; UK say "MOH-byl" /ˈməʊbaɪl/)
   - Simple: A hanging decoration with parts that swing and turn freely in the air.
   - _The gallery's central mobile turned slowly as visitors walked past._
   - _He balanced each arm of the mobile until the whole piece hung level._
4. Internet access obtained through phones, tablets, and other handheld devices.
   - Simple: The internet when you use it on a phone or tablet.
   - _Retailers report that most of their traffic now comes from mobile._
   - _The team optimized the checkout page for mobile._

## Other meanings

- (noun) A person who moves or is able to move, such as someone who travels.
- (noun) A computer-controlled character or creature in a video game, especially an enemy that players fight.

## Origin

Latin mōbilis ("easy to be moved, moveable"), from moveō ("move"), passed through Old French into Middle English.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/mobile (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).