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mobile.

Capable of being moved, especially on wheels.

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈməʊ.baɪl/Received-Pronunciation/ˈmoʊ.bəl/US/ˈmoʊ.bil/US/ˈmoʊ.baɪl/US
  1. Capable of being moved, especially on wheels.

    mobile home; mobile library
  2. Able to move freely or easily.

    She's mobile again after her skiing accident.
  3. Pertaining to or by agency of mobile phones.

    mobile number
    mobile internet
  4. Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom.

    Mercury is a mobile liquid.
  5. Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle.

  6. Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind.

    mobile features
    a mobile face
  7. Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.

Where this word comes from

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).

noun/ˈməʊ.baɪl/Received-Pronunciation/ˈmoʊ.bəl/US/ˈmoʊ.bil/US/ˈmoʊ.baɪl/US
  1. A kinetic sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other.

  2. Ellipsis of mobile phone.

    India · Ireland · UK · abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
  3. The internet accessed via mobile devices; the version of a product seen on mobile devices.

    Internet · uncountable
    There are many business opportunities in mobile.
    The bug affects mobile, but not desktop.
  4. One who moves or can move (e.g. to travel).

  5. An object capable of moving under its own power.

  6. A creature or NPC that can navigate and interact with the game world (now often shortened to mob).

    broadly · dated
Where this word comes from

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).

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