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mobile

Definition

  • noun: 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
  • noun: a construction or sculpture frequently of wire and sheet metal shapes with parts that can be set in motion by air currents
  • adjective: able to move from one place to another
  • adjective: capable of moving or being moved
  • synonyms: movable, excitable, changeable

Examples

  • The news station has two 'mobile' television units [=trucks or vans with television equipment] for reporting news directly from where events happen.

  • the geographic 'mobility' of a country's workers [=the tendency of workers to move from one place to another]

  • The doctors say she will be 'mobile' [=able to walk] again when her broken leg heals.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Bridge to Captain Picard. Mr Data, put Starfleet frequency on audio. Flagship Endeavour, stand by to engage. Defiant and Bozeman, fall back to mobile position one. We have it in visual range. A Borg cube on course ... We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. (..)
    1996 Star Trek: First Contact