Question 1 · Quick check
mobile
CEFRA2
/ˈməʊ.baɪl/
adjective · noun
Türkçe translations
Translating…
In plain English
- 01
adjective
Able to move easily or be moved.
- 02
noun
A phone that can be used while moving around.
Examples
America is a large country and its people are mobile.
Mobile phones are not permitted in the examination room.
At a glance
Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- [ˈmɐʉ.bɑe̯l]
- [mö.bɐɪ̯l]
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsCharacterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom.
Pertaining to or by agency of mobile phones.
Capable of being moved, especially on wheels.
More examples
In contextThis type of mobile phone sells well.
a mobile home
mobile internet
Related
Quick test
Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.
Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.
Nearby
Origin
adjective
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin mōbilis (“easy to be moved, moveable”), from moveō (“move”). The video-gaming sense was coined by Richard Bartle to describe NPCs or creatures capable of moving "under their own power" in the 1978 video game Multi-User Dungeon. Bartle retracted an earlier claim of his that it was from the kinetic sculpture sense of mobile (for the "unpredictable but limited" motion of the hanging ornaments).