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{
"term": "mobile",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "connected with mobile phones, tablets, etc.",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "What's your mobile number?"
},
{
"text": "**Mobile users** spent 35 per cent more time on their devices this year."
},
{
"text": "**mobile apps** aimed at children"
},
{
"text": "**mobile networks/operators ***(= companies that provide mobile phone services)*"
},
{
"text": "mobile platforms/operating systems"
},
{
"text": "mobile technology/broadband"
},
{
"text": "mobile gaming/banking"
},
{
"text": "The mobile market has continued to grow."
},
{
"text": "Many companies have tried to push mobile payment services."
}
],
"topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "that is not fixed in one place and can be moved easily and quickly",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "mobile equipment"
},
{
"text": "a **mobile clinic/shop/library** *(= one inside a vehicle)*"
},
{
"text": "a mobile police unit"
},
{
"text": "The barbecue is fully mobile."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "able to move or travel around easily",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a kitchen especially designed for people who are less mobile"
},
{
"text": "You really need to be mobile *(= have a car)* if you live in the country."
},
{
"text": "I've sprained my ankle but I'm still fairly mobile."
},
{
"text": "Yoga will help you to become more mobile and supple."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "able to change your social class, your job or the place where you live easily",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a highly mobile workforce *(= people who can move easily from place to place)*"
},
{
"text": "a geographically mobile population"
},
{
"text": "We have become an increasingly mobile society."
},
{
"text": "They were mobile, lived in one area for a short time and roamed widely to obtain resources."
},
{
"text": "Meanwhile, skilled workers can be as mobile as capital."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "changing shape or expression easily and often",
"examples": [
{
"text": "His mobile features registered amusement."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈməʊbaɪl/",
"audio": "mo/mobile/mobile__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈməʊbl/",
"audio": "mo/mobile/mobile__us_7.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: via French from Latin mobilis, from movere ‘to move’. The noun dates from the 1940s."
}