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mobile

Pronunciation: /ˈməʊ.baɪl/

The English word “mobile” has 12 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Capable of being moved, especially on wheels.
  2. Able to move freely or easily.
  3. Pertaining to or by agency of mobile phones.
  4. Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom.
  5. Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle.
  6. Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind.
  7. Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.

noun

  1. A kinetic sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other.
  2. The internet accessed via mobile devices; the version of a product seen on mobile devices.
  3. One who moves or can move (e.g. to travel).
  4. An object capable of moving under its own power.
  5. A creature or NPC that can navigate and interact with the game world (now often shortened to mob).

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin mōbilis (“easy to be moved, moveable”), from moveō (“move”). The video-gaming sense was coined by Richard Bartle to describe NPCs or creatures capable of moving "under their own power" in the 1978 video game Multi-User Dungeon. Bartle retracted an earlier claim of his that it was from the kinetic sculpture sense of mobile (for the "unpredictable…

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