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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

  • (..) - You can get rid of her. - All right. Get down! Let's go. Come on! Additional security teams, report to mobile command Level . Beatrice! - Mom? Mom! - Beatrice. Okay. Okay, we gotta run! (..)
    2014 Divergent