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Definition of immobile adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

immobile

adjective
 
/ɪˈməʊbaɪl/
 
/ɪˈməʊbl/
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  1. not moving synonym motionless
    • She stood immobile by the window.
    Extra Examples
    • She seemed scarcely to breathe as she lay immobile.
    • He stayed immobile, trying to remember where he was.
    • Kerry sat mute and immobile.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • lie
    • remain
    • sit
    • …
    adverb
    • completely
    • perfectly
    • totally
    • …
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  2. unable to move
    • His illness has left him completely immobile.
    • The plaster cast is used to keep the leg immobile.
    opposite mobile
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • lie
    • remain
    • sit
    • …
    adverb
    • completely
    • perfectly
    • totally
    • …
    See full entry
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin immobilis, from in- ‘not’ + mobilis, from movere ‘to move’.
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