mobile

mo|bile1 [ `moubl, `mou,baıl ] adjective **

1. ) only before noun easy to move and use in different places:

a mobile telephone

a mobile missile

a ) only before noun a mobile library, etc. is in a vehicle so that it can be moved from one place to another:

a mobile health clinic

b ) able to move and walk:

He has a broken leg and isn't very mobile.

c ) able to travel from one place to another because you have a vehicle:

Increasing car ownership has made the population more mobile.

2. ) able to move easily from one job, social class, place, etc. to another:

a new generation of mobile executives

socially/geographically/internationally mobile: People living in this area are less socially mobile.

a ) upwardly/downwardly mobile moving up or down in social class

3. ) moving a lot and showing changes in what you are feeling:

a mobile face

mobile eyebrows/features

mobile

mo|bile 2 [ `məubaıl ] noun count *

1. ) a decoration with parts that hang down and move in the air

2. ) BRITISH a CELL PHONE