mobility
pronunciation
How to pronounce mobility in British English:
UK [məʊˈbɪləti]
How to pronounce mobility in American English:
US [moʊˈbɪləti]
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- Noun:
- the quality of moving freely
Word Origin
- mobility (n.)
- early 15c., "capacity for motion," from Old French mobilité "changeableness, inconsistency, fickleness," from Latin mobilitatem (nominative mobilitas) "activity, speed," figuratively "changeableness, fickleness, inconstancy," from mobilis (see mobile (adj.)). Socio-economics sense is from 1900 and writers in sociology.
Example
- 1. Do employees feel they have great career mobility .
- 2. Research in motion and nokia , meanwhile , have entire business models centered on mobility .
- 3. In other words , social mobility is low .
- 4. Mobility is entering a new stage .
- 5. Democrats could champion the things they believe will enhance productivity and mobility .