[
US
/ˈmoʊbəɫ/
]
ADJECTIVE
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affording change (especially in social status)
upwardly mobile
Britain is not a truly fluid society
upwardly mobile -
migratory
wandering tribes
believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future
a restless mobile society
the nomadic habits of the Bedouins -
moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place)
a mobile missile system
the tongue is...the most mobile articulator -
capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another
a highly mobile face - having transportation available
NOUN
- sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents
How To Use mobile In A Sentence
- A great deal of the nudge-nudge wink-wink routine by the young upwardly mobile male executives was the usual response to her presence.
- The report said mobile phone networks worldwide were likely to have 1.6 billion subscribers by the end of this year.
- With automobile insurance, for example, an insurance company accepts part of the risk that you will be involved in a car accident. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice
- Yet while pilotless drones are dehumanised and impersonalised, mobile phone ring tones and screensavers are instances of the humanity and personality of the people behind technology.
- And in the long term, as the mobile industry gets more accustomed to the idea of upgradeable phone software, more and more devices will be upgraded. EWeek - RSS Feed
- You can do a lot of that from our facility, but eventually a mobile system to inspect parts on wing is where we are going to be positioned.
- Use of a University-owned mobile telephone and mobile telephone airtime service is intended for official University business.
- It had multiple shooters, multiple locations, mobile threats, willingness to fight the first responders and follow-on SWAT/commando units, well-equipped and well-trained operatives, and a willingness to die. Cliff Schecter: The Terrorist and the Terror Watch List
- Indeed, so many of us now possess a handset that mobile phone sales have collapsed.
- Ten years ago, very few people had games consoles, broadband Internet or mobile phones.
