mobility

B2 Topic:Abstract Ideas

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.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the ability to move or be... mobileness

Opposites

immobility

Word family

Forms mobilities

Derived forms automobilitydysmobilitye-mobilityelectromobilityemobilityhypermobilityhypomobilityintermobilitymacromobilitymicromobilitymobicentricpalaeomobility

Related forms congestion

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Phrases (1)

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social mobility
movement between different social or economic positions in society

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle French mobilité, and its source, Latin mōbilitās (“mobility”).

*m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European

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# 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
- Abstract Ideas

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