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# mobile

«mobile» in Mova's school dictionary: **able to move or be moved easily from place to place** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) Mobile means able to move or be moved easily from place to place. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mobile/#m4)

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

### In the corpora

- [Mobile phones can usually call the emergency number even when they are locked.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/36-calling-emergency-services/9/)
- [Most mobile phones can call the emergency number even when they are locked.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/36-calling-emergency-services/19/)
- [A mobile home or a car is not safe in a tornado; you go to a strong building or storm shelter nearby.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/48-weather-emergencies/9/)
- [Follow your school's rule about mobile phones, usually keeping the phone switched off in your bag or handing it in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones/12/)
- [In Texas, Josiah's family lives in a trailer (a mobile home).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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