mobile
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5.0
- adjective
- /ˈmoʊbəl/
- Yuppie stands for “young, upwardly mobile professional.”
- upwardly mobile
- downwardly mobile
- a mobile society
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Watch on YouTubeWe sort of were very socially mobile throughout my time there.
- We sort of were very socially mobile throughout my time there.
- They probably were, you know, basically secure, upwardly mobile people.
- You are on an upwardly mobile trajectory and you find yourself in New Mexico on a business trip.
Examples
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His example is typical of upwardly mobile Southern migrants in the early nineteenth century.
Academic text (2011) -
You are on an upwardly mobile trajectory and you find yourself in New Mexico on a business trip.
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Well, what do you do in highly mobile societies?
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We sort of were very socially mobile throughout my time there.
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The younger General Conference Mennonites have had to be mobile and move to where the jobs are located.
Academic text (1999) -
Nixon wanted to appeal to those urban, upwardly mobile voters stretching all the way from Florida to California.
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Under these uncertain conditions, kin groups tended to be highly mobile and often defined their ethnicity situationally.
Academic text (1998) -
In a highly mobile society, people can easily change their social status.
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Young professionals often find themselves in upwardly mobile environments that encourage advancement.
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Many families strive for upward mobility to achieve a better quality of life.
Synonyms
45
5.1
Not fixed or stable and likely to change
Antonyms
Compounds
How Mobile
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mobile comes from Latin mobilis 'movable', like the words move and motion. That's why a 'mobile' society or person is able to 'move' between social positions or change their status.