mobile
/ˈməʊbaɪl/adjective
उच्चारण मोबाइल
चल, गतिशील
Basic word
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that is not fixed in one place and can be moved easily and quickly; (of a person) able to move or travel around easily; able to change your social class, job or the place where you live easily
चल, गतिशील
- a mobile library
- socially mobile
- A mobile clinic visits the village every Tuesday.
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- Elderly people are less mobile and need extra help on stairs.
- The mobile library brings books to remote areas.
- Education makes a society more mobile and open.
Synonyms movable portable moving travelling flexible
Opposite immobile fixed stationary
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[C] BrE
(also mobile phone) a telephone that does not have wires and works by radio, that you can carry with you and use anywhere (American cellphone)
मोबाइल फ़ोन
- Switch off your mobile.
- I left my mobile on the bus.
- Her mobile rang in the middle of the lecture.
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- Can I borrow your mobile to make a quick call?
Synonyms mobile phone cellphone smartphone phone handset
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
mobile (noun) / mobile phone
In British English a mobile is a phone you carry. It is countable. Americans say cell phone.
British English में 'mobile' वह फ़ोन है जिसे आप साथ रखते हैं। यह countable है। अमेरिकी इसे cell phone कहते हैं।
- Switch off your mobile in the examination hall.
- Her mobile rang during the lecture.
mobile (adjective: able to move)
As an adjective, mobile means not fixed in place or able to move easily.
Adjective के रूप में 'mobile' का अर्थ है जो एक स्थान पर स्थिर न हो या आसानी से चल सके।
- My grandfather is still mobile at ninety.
- A mobile library visits the village every week.
socially mobile / upwardly mobile
Describes a person or group able to move to a higher social or economic class.
ऐसे व्यक्ति या समूह का वर्णन करता है जो उच्च सामाजिक या आर्थिक वर्ग में जा सकता है।
- Education makes people upwardly mobile.
- A socially mobile society offers chances to everyone.
mobile + noun (compound)
Mobile often comes before another noun: mobile number, mobile app, mobile network.
'Mobile' प्रायः दूसरी संज्ञा से पहले आता है: mobile number, mobile app, mobile network।
- Please write your mobile number on the form.
- The bank launched a new mobile app.
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mobile + noun
phonenumberappnetworkdatacharger
- The mobile network was down after the storm.
adverb + mobile
highlyfullystillveryincreasingly
- Modern soldiers must be highly mobile.
verb + mobile
chargeswitch offrechargeunlockloseanswer
- He lost his mobile on the metro.
mobile + unit / service
mobile clinicmobile librarymobile bankmobile court
- A mobile clinic reaches remote hill villages.
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- Candidates may not carry a mobile into the SSC examination hall.
उम्मीदवार SSC परीक्षा-कक्ष में mobile लेकर नहीं जा सकते।
- After the operation, my uncle was mobile again within a week.
ऑपरेशन के बाद मेरे चाचा एक सप्ताह के भीतर फिर चलने-फिरने लगे।
- A mobile health van brought medicines to the flood-hit village.
एक चलती-फिरती स्वास्थ्य-गाड़ी बाढ़-प्रभावित गाँव में दवाइयाँ लाई।
- Radhika's job is mobile, so she works from a different city every month.
राधिका की नौकरी स्थानांतरित होने वाली है, इसलिए वह हर महीने अलग शहर से काम करती है।
- The pay of nurses has helped many families become upwardly mobile.
नर्सों के वेतन ने कई परिवारों को आर्थिक रूप से ऊपर उठने में सहायता की है।
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✗ My mobile is switch off.
✓ My mobile is switched off.
After is, the past participle switched is needed to show the state.
'Is' के बाद स्थिति बताने के लिए past participle 'switched' आता है।
✗ I talked in mobile with my father.
✓ I talked to my father on the mobile.
We speak on the phone or on the mobile, not in it.
फ़ोन पर बात करने के लिए 'on the mobile' कहा जाता है, 'in mobile' नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Mobile, portable and movable all describe things that can be moved, but each has its own use.
Mobile, portable और movable तीनों उन चीज़ों के लिए हैं जिन्हें हटाया जा सकता है, पर उपयोग अलग-अलग है।
Able to move or be moved easily, or a phone carried everywhere.
आसानी से चलने या ले जाए जाने योग्य, या हर जगह साथ रखा जाने वाला फ़ोन।
- A mobile bank visited the village.
Small and light enough to carry in the hand.
इतना छोटा और हल्का कि हाथ में उठाया जा सके।
- He bought a portable speaker for the trip.
Able to be moved from one place to another, especially of property.
एक स्थान से दूसरे स्थान पर ले जाने योग्य, विशेषकर संपत्ति के लिए।
- Furniture is movable property.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
movable portable moving travelling flexible mobile phone cellphone smartphone phone handset
Antonyms
§Grammar and usage
Mobile, /ˈməʊbaɪl/ (British) or /ˈmoʊbl/ (American).
Mobile, /ˈməʊbaɪl/ (British) या /ˈmoʊbl/ (American)।
British and American English: mobile (British) and cellphone or cell (American).
British और American English में mobile (British) और cellphone या cell (American)।
The verb mobilize means organize people or resources for a purpose ('mobilize support').
Verb mobilize का अर्थ किसी उद्देश्य के लिए लोगों या संसाधनों को संगठित करना, जुटाना है ('mobilize support')।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Mobile phone, mobile library, mobile banking, upwardly mobile (moving to a higher social class), social mobility (the ability to move between social classes).
Collocations: mobile phone, mobile library (चलता-फिरता पुस्तकालय), mobile banking, upwardly mobile (ऊँचे सामाजिक वर्ग की ओर बढ़ता), social mobility (सामाजिक वर्गों के बीच आने-जाने की क्षमता, सामाजिक गतिशीलता)।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Martin Cooper (Motorola) made the first mobile phone call (1973); India's first mobile call was made in 1995 (Kolkata); India is the second-largest mobile phone market in the world.
Martin Cooper (Motorola) ने पहली मोबाइल फ़ोन कॉल की (1973); भारत की पहली मोबाइल कॉल 1995 में हुई (कोलकाता); भारत दुनिया का दूसरा सबसे बड़ा मोबाइल फ़ोन बाज़ार है।