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mobility

mobility

92 3.4
Being able to move or change position easily
  • noun
  • /moʊˈbɪlɪti/
translation icon : movilidad
  • The physiotherapist helped him improve his mobility through various exercises.
  • greater mobility
  • mobility for infants
  • mobility from birth

You got to have good hip mobility to stay low.

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Examples

  • But his lack of mobility is going to be the difference, I tell myself.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Have you experienced any mobility issues?

  • Being able to increase mobility is is the main goal.

  • No, I had no no mobility and no strength in my left side.

  • But I am always looking for mobility as much as I can.

  • You got to have good hip mobility to stay low.

  • You've got good strength, good mobility, you feel good.

  • I do think that our social mobility is pitiful.

  • Whites have the highest and African Americans the lowest rates of mobility at 4% and 3%, respectively.

    Academic text (2011)
  • He took a walk every day until the tumor impaired his mobility.

Synonyms

movement
vsmobility
696 1.5

A change of place when something moves

is the quality of moving freely and easily rather than the act itself
locomotion
vsmobility
  • Specialized
7 4.6

Movement from one place to another

also covers being moved by others and the ease of motion
maneuverability
vsmobility
  • US
6 7.0

The ability of a car, boat, or drone to move and turn easily

is about general ease of movement rather than controlled steering
movability
vsmobility
5.7

How easy it is to pick up or put in a different place

has identical meaning but is a different word form
movableness
vsmobility
7.7

The ability of something to be picked up and placed somewhere else

has identical meaning but is a different word form
transportability
vsmobility
5.4

How easily you can move something from one place to another

is broader, covering free ease of moving or being moved generally

Antonyms

4 6.3

A state of no movement or not being able to move

How Mobile

agility
35 3.7
mobility
92 3.4
immobility
4 6.3

Surface Forms

mobility singular
mobilities plural

Morphology

mobility = mobile (transparent) = mobile + ity

The noun is a regular abstract noun formed from the adjective 'mobile' with the productive suffix '-ity', so the meaning is directly derived from 'mobile'.

Etymology

Mobility comes from the Latin root mobil-, meaning 'movable', and is the same root in mobile and the verb move. So mobility is the ability to 'move' or be moved easily, which is why we talk about a person's physical mobility or a city's economic mobility.