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# immobility

«immobility» in Mova's school dictionary: **the state of not moving or not being able to move** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (immobility — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Immobility is the state of not moving or not being able to move. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobility/#m1)

2) Immobility can mean keeping very still on purpose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobility/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In health and science lessons it describes injured people or animals who cannot move and the dangers of lying still too long. In stories a character's immobility shows fear, shock or careful hiding. Phrases: total immobility, long periods of immobility.

### examples

- The broken leg caused weeks of immobility. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobility/#x1)
- The rabbit froze in total immobility when the fox passed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobility/#x2)
- Long immobility on a plane can be bad for your legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobility/#x3)
- His immobility made the guard think he was a statue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobility/#x4)
- The statue's immobility amazed the toddler. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobility/#x5)
- Doctors try to keep patients moving to avoid immobility. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobility/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective: immobile; verb: immobilise (UK) / immobilize (US). Opposite: mobility, movement. Formal; in speech say «not moving» or «keeping still».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «immobility» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobility/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.