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# mobile

adjective (mobile); noun (a mobile, mobiles)

«mobile» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Mobile means able to move or be moved easily from place to place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mobile/#m1)
2. A mobile (or mobile phone) is a phone you carry with you; in the USA it is usually called a cell phone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mobile/#m2)
3. A mobile is also a hanging decoration with parts that move in the air, often above a baby's cot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mobile/#m3)
4. Mobile is also the name of a city in Alabama, USA. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mobile/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and safety pupils learn rules for mobile phones: not in class, not while crossing the road, keep personal information private and tell an adult about upsetting messages. In science «mobile» describes things and animals that can move. Phrases: «mobile phone», «mobile home», «mobile library», «mobile number», «be mobile again».

### Examples

- Turn off your mobile in the cinema. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mobile/#x1)
- Do not look at your mobile when crossing the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mobile/#x2)
- The mobile library visits our village every Tuesday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mobile/#x3)
- We made a mobile of planets to hang in the classroom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mobile/#x4)
- Grandad is mobile again after his knee operation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mobile/#x5)
- Can I have your mobile number? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mobile/#x6)
- They live in a mobile home near the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mobile/#x7)
- The baby watched the mobile spinning above her cot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mobile/#x8)

### Note

British/Irish/Australian/NZ: «mobile» or «mobile phone»; American: «cell phone» or «cell». Pronunciation: UK MOH-bile, US MOH-bul. Noun «mobility»; opposite adjective «immobile».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mobile» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mobile/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mobile» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mobile.html) on Mova free.