mobility B2 Topic:People & Society US /moʊˈbɪlɪti/ UK /mə(ʊ)ˈbɪlɪti/ See IPA manual Freq #21277 Meanings 1 noun The ability to move or be moved freely. The injury affected the mobility of her right arm. 2 noun The ability of people to move between different social classes or jobs. A good education can improve social mobility. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the ability to move or be... mobileness ↔ Opposites immobility Word family Forms mobilities Derived forms automobilitydysmobilitye-mobilityelectromobilityemobilityhypermobilityhypomobilityintermobilitymacromobilitymicromobilitymobicentricpalaeomobility Related forms congestion Common collocations social mobility Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle French mobilité, and its source, Latin mōbilitās (“mobility”). *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # mobility **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /moʊˈbɪlɪti/ **IPA (UK):** /mə(ʊ)ˈbɪlɪti/ **Frequency rank:** 21277 ## Meanings 1. The ability to move or be moved freely. 2. The ability of people to move between different social classes or jobs. ## Examples - The injury affected the mobility of her right arm. - A good education can improve social mobility. ## Antonyms - immobility ## Derived Forms - automobility - dysmobility - e-mobility - electromobility - emobility - hypermobility - hypomobility - intermobility - macromobility - micromobility - mobicentric - palaeomobility ## Related Forms - congestion ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *m(y)ewh₁- ## Etymology From Middle French mobilité, and its source, Latin mōbilitās (“mobility”). ## AI Etymology Mobility comes from Middle French mobilité, and its source, Latin mōbilitās (“mobility”). In present-day English its meanings include the ability to move or be moved freely and the ability of people to move between different social classes or jobs. Related and derived forms include congestion, automobility, dysmobility, and e-mobility. ## Topics - People & Society markdown