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Definition of mobile noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mobile

noun
 
 
/ˈməʊbaɪl/
 
/ˈməʊbl/
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  1.  
     [countable] (British English) a mobile phone
    • Call me on my mobile.
    Topics Phones, email and the interneta2
  2.  
     [uncountable] (British English) the internet when it is accessed on mobile phones
    • the rise/importance/growth of mobile
    • the growing use of mobile for banking services
    • Companies want apps for mobile and tablets that will save time.
    • on mobile The site works on both desktop and mobile.
    • via mobile Users can log in to the web app via mobile or desktop.
    Topics Phones, email and the internetb1
  3. a decoration made from wire, etc. that is hung from the ceiling and that has small objects hanging from it which move when the air around them moves
    • A colourful mobile moved gently above the baby's cot.
    4. Word Originlate 15th cent.: via French from Latin mobilis, from movere ‘to move’. The noun dates from the 1940s.
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