{
    "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."
}