Mobile Easily Time Companies Place Adjective ˈməʊbaɪl ˈməʊbl

• what's your mobile number?
• mobile users spent 35 per cent more time on their devices this year.
• mobile apps aimed at children
• mobile networks/operators (= companies that provide mobile phone services)

mobile

1. connected with mobile phones, tablets, etc.
• What's your mobile number?
• Mobile users spent 35 per cent more time on their devices this year.
• mobile apps aimed at children
• mobile networks/operators (= companies that provide mobile phone services)
• mobile platforms/operating systems
• mobile technology/broadband
• mobile gaming/banking
• The mobile market has continued to grow.
• Many companies have tried to push mobile payment services.
2. that is not fixed in one place and can be moved easily and quickly
• COMPARE stationary
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/stationary
• mobile equipment
• a mobile clinic/shop/library (= one inside a vehicle)
• a mobile police unit
• The barbecue is fully mobile.
3. able to move or travel around easily
• COMPARE immobile
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/immobile
• a kitchen especially designed for the elderly or people who are less mobile
• You really need to be mobile (= have a car) if you live in the country.
• She remained fairly mobile despite her disabilities.
• Yoga will help you to become more mobile and supple.
4. able to change your social class, your job or the place where you live easily
• SEE ALSO upwardly mobile
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/upwardly-mobile
• a highly mobile workforce (= people who can move easily from place to place)
• a geographically mobile population
• We have become an increasingly mobile society.
• They were mobile, lived in one area for a short time and roamed widely to obtain resources.
• Meanwhile, skilled workers can be as mobile as capital.
5. changing shape or expression easily and often
• His mobile features registered amusement.

Word Origin

• late 15th cent.: via French from Latin mobilis, from movere ‘to move’. The noun dates from the 1940s.