mobile
adjective
-ˌbī-əl also -ˌbēl
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Definition of mobile
(Entry 1 of 4)
mobile
noun
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Definition of mobile (Entry 2 of 4)
-mobile
noun combining formDefinition of -mobile (Entry 3 of 4)
Mobile
geographical name
ˈmō-ˌbēl\
Definition of Mobile (Entry 4 of 4)
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Other Words from mobile
Adjective
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noun
Synonyms & Antonyms for mobile
Synonyms: Adjective
movable (or moveable), portable
Antonyms: Adjective
immobile, immovable, irremovable, nonmobile, unmovable
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Examples of mobile in a Sentence
Adjective
Their armies are now fully mobile. a mobile kitchen that helps bring food to homeless peopleNoun
They hung a mobile over the baby's bed. Even if I'm out of the office you can reach me on my mobile.
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
The rich aren’t rich enough to fund the modern welfare state’s ambitions, and their labor and wealth are too mobile to pin down in high-tax jurisdictions. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "All the Taxes in France," 7 Dec. 2018 Weight: 14 oz. A #1 bestseller on Amazon, these 20-ounce hiking shoes are designed to be more mobile than a boot. — Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, "The 5 Best Hiking Boots for Women, Reviewed by Experts," 4 Dec. 2018 Lysoivanov and his assistant made sure their rig was mobile enough to set up and tear down in 20 minutes and fit in two backpacks and two duffel bags. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Cave acoustics can help sculpt more realistic sounds in digital space," 14 Nov. 2018 The laser is mobile, networking generators, sensors and command-and-control systems packed on the back of trucks. — Jamie Seidel, Fox News, "Russia accused of testing a 'killer satellite' in orbit," 16 Aug. 2018 But this is largely attributable to the life choices of the boomer generation, which was far more mobile than the generations before it. — Lyman Stone, Vox, "The myth of the job-hopping, rootless millennial is just that — a myth," 11 July 2018 Being so mobile, and so visible, was a revelation to many. — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, "The Wheel, the Woman, and the Human Body," 6 July 2018 Management scrums aim to be a bit more mobile than that. — The Economist, "The fashion for agile management is spreading," 5 July 2018 People are more mobile today and travel is growing. — Elaine Glusac, New York Times, "From Ace Hotel, a New City and a New Brand," 25 June 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The amount of time now being spent watching video on mobile is over an hour a day. — Erich Schwartzel, WSJ, "Meg Whitman Wants to Change What You Watch," 20 Dec. 2018 And with an appetite for first-person shooters, many were quick to latch onto PUBG, which arrived on mobile before Fortnite. — Shannon Liao, The Verge, "PUBG mobile has as many players as Fortnite," 18 Dec. 2018 Elsewhere Facebook finished rolling out its video tab globally on the desktop as well as mobile, and is introducing mid-roll advertising to more companies. — Casey Newton, The Verge, "Why we can’t stop debating whether Facebook sells data," 14 Dec. 2018 Meanwhile, despite owning the leading mobile operating system, Google has barely made a dent in smartphones. — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, "Why Big Tech Keeps Trying Its Hand at Hardware," 19 Oct. 2018 The information is also posted on the state’s FL511.com website and mobile apps. — Martin E. Comas, OrlandoSentinel.com, "New sensors alert truckers to open spaces on I-4 rest area in Seminole, others on I-95," 27 June 2018 But the company's latest desktop and mobile operating systems contain a more subtle, yet more radical, innovation. — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, "Apple Just Made Safari the Good Privacy Browser," 4 June 2018 And between them, Apple and Google control 99 percent of the mobile operating systems that power the phone in your pocket or your hand right now. — Dante Chinni, NBC News, "From News to Shoes: How big is big tech?," 25 Feb. 2018 Readers increasingly migrated to the internet and mobile apps and spent more hours on social media such as Facebook. — Damian J. Troise, The Seattle Times, "Newspapers endure more cuts, hope for brighter future online," 24 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mobile.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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mobile
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of mobile
(Entry 1 of 2)
: able to move from one place to another
: able to move with the use of vehicles (such as trucks and airplanes)
: able to be moved
mobile
noun
English Language Learners Definition of mobile (Entry 2 of 2)
: a work of art or a decoration that is hung from above and that has attached shapes or figures that move easily in the air
See the full definition for mobile in the English Language Learners Dictionary
mobile
adjective
-ˌbēl, -ˌbīl\
Kids Definition of mobile
(Entry 1 of 2)
mobile
noun
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Kids Definition of mobile (Entry 2 of 2)
mobile
adjective
-ˌbīl
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Medical Definition of mobile
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