First Known Use: 15th century
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adjective mo·bile \ˈmō-bəl, -ˌbī-əl also -ˌbēl\
: 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
Full Definition of MOBILE
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: capable of moving or being moved : movable <a mobile missile launcher>
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a : characterized by the mixing of social groups b : having the opportunity for or undergoing a shift in status within the levels of a society <socially mobile workers>
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: marked by the use of vehicles for transportation <mobile warfare>
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: of or relating to a mobile
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Origin of MOBILE
Middle English mobyll, from Anglo-French moble, from Latin mobilis, from movēre to move
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Rhymes with MOBILE
aiguille, all-wheel, anneal, appeal, big deal, big wheel, bilge keel, bonemeal, bonspiel, cam wheel, Castile, cartwheel, chainwheel, chenille, cogwheel, conceal, congeal, cornmeal, done deal, eared seal, enwheel, fifth wheel, fish meal, flywheel, forefeel, for real, four-wheel, freewheel, fur seal, genteel, get real, good deal, great seal, handwheel, harp seal, ideal, inchmeal, mild steel, mill wheel, misdeal, Mobile, monk seal, mouthfeel, New Deal, newsreel, nosewheel, oatmeal, O'Neal, pastille, piecemeal, pinwheel, prayer wheel, raw deal, repeal, reveal, schlemiel, self-heal, side-wheel, singspiel, somedeal, spike heel, stabile, tahsil, Tar Heel, thumbwheel, unreel, unseal, worm wheel
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noun mo·bile \ˈmō-ˌbēl\
: 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
Full Definition of MOBILE
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: a construction or sculpture frequently of wire and sheet metal shapes with parts that can be set in motion by air currents; also : a similar structure (as of paper or plastic) suspended so that it moves in a current of air
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British : cell phone, mobile phone
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First Known Use of MOBILE
1937
Mobile
geographical name Mo·bile \mō-ˈbēl, ˈmō-ˌbēl\
Definition of MOBILE
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river 38 miles (61 kilometers) long SW Alabama formed by Alabama & Tombigbee rivers & flowing S into Mobile Bay (inlet of Gulf of Mexico)
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city & port SW Alabama pop 195,111
Rhymes with MOBILE
aiguille, all-wheel, anneal, appeal, big deal, big wheel, bilge keel, bonemeal, bonspiel, cam wheel, Castile, cartwheel, chainwheel, chenille, cogwheel, conceal, congeal, cornmeal, done deal, eared seal, enwheel, fifth wheel, fish meal, flywheel, forefeel, for real, four-wheel, freewheel, fur seal, genteel, get real, good deal, great seal, handwheel, harp seal, ideal, inchmeal, mild steel, mill wheel, misdeal, mobile, monk seal, mouthfeel, New Deal, newsreel, nosewheel, oatmeal, O'Neal, pastille, piecemeal, pinwheel, prayer wheel, raw deal, repeal, reveal, schlemiel, self-heal, side-wheel, singspiel, somedeal, spike heel, stabile, tahsil, Tar Heel, thumbwheel, unreel, unseal, worm wheel
MOBILE Defined for Kids
1mobile
adjective mo·bile \ˈmō-bəl, -ˌbēl, -ˌbīl\
Definition of MOBILE for Kids
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: easily moved : movable <mobile television cameras>
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: changing quickly in expression <The man had a mobile, passionate face … — Esther Forbes, Johnny Tremain>
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noun mo·bile \ˈmō-ˌbēl\
Definition of MOBILE for Kids
: an artistic structure whose parts can be moved especially by air currents
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mobile
adjective mo·bile \ˈmō-bəl, -ˌbīl\
Medical Definition of MOBILE
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: capable of moving or being moved about readily <globular proteins that are mobile and rod-shaped proteins that form solid structures> <the tongue…is clearly the most mobile articulator—G. A. Miller>
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: characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity <ether and mercury are mobile liquids>
—mo·bil·i·ty \mō-ˈbil-ət-ē\ noun, plural mo·bil·i·ties
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