/
ˈməʊbʌɪl/
adj.
able to move or be moved freely or easily.
▸(of a shop, library, etc.) accommodated in a vehicle so as to travel around.
▸able or willing to move between occupations, places of residence, or social classes.
n.
- a decorative structure suspended so as to turn freely in the air.
- a mobile phone.
Phrase
- upwardly
(or downwardly)
mobile
moving to a higher (or lower) social class.
Derivative
Etymology
C15 (earlier (ME) as mobility): via Fr. from L. mobilis, from movere ‘to move’.