Mobility
/məʊˈbɪləti/noun
The ability to move or be moved easily.
The new software has improved the mobility of the entire team.
Often appears as...
- improved mobility
- physical mobility
noun
The ability to move between different levels in society or employment.
In our society, education is often seen as the key to social mobility.
Often appears as...
- social mobility
- improve mobility
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Approving
Academic
noun
The quality or state of being mobile, or able to move.
The patient's mobility has improved significantly after the operation.
Often appears as...
- physical mobility
- increase mobility
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Technical
noun
The willingness to move or be moved to a different place, especially at work.
Workers today need to have mobility if they want to succeed in the global economy.
Often appears as...
- job mobility
- career mobility
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Formal
Academic
noun
The ability to move or be moved easily.
The new software has improved the mobility of the entire team.
Often appears as...
- improved mobility
- physical mobility
noun
The ability to move between different levels in society or employment.
In our society, education is often seen as the key to social mobility.
Often appears as...
- social mobility
- improve mobility
Usage tips
Approving
Academic
noun
The quality or state of being mobile, or able to move.
The patient's mobility has improved significantly after the operation.
Often appears as...
- physical mobility
- increase mobility
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The willingness to move or be moved to a different place, especially at work.
Workers today need to have mobility if they want to succeed in the global economy.
Often appears as...
- job mobility
- career mobility
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Easily Moved
Refers to ease of motion without obstruction or difficulty.
The wheel's design grants the cart improved mobility.
Pro Tip 2/2Beyond Physical
Can also mean flexibility in planning or thinking, not just physical movement.
The team's mobility in brainstorming led to a breakthrough.
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agilityflexibilitylocomotormigratemotionmovementportabilitytravel
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Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
The further to the right you go, the greater the income inequality. On the vertical axis are nine social and health metrics. The more you go up that, the worse the problems are, and those metrics include life expectancy, teenage pregnancy, literacy, social mobility, just to name a few. Now, those of you in the audience who are Americans may wonder,
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Why Brexit happened --...
They didn't believe that they were actually getting access to material benefits of increased trade and increased mobility around the world. I work on questions predominantly to do with refugees, and one of the ideas I spent a lot of my time preaching, mainly to developing countries around the world,
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How the blockchain is...
says this is the number one issue in the world in terms of economic mobility, more important than having a bank account, because if you don't have a valid title to your land, you can't borrow against it, and you can't plan for the future. So today, companies are working with governments
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Where will you be able...
for countries with the highest emissions to reduce pollution and take responsibility for climate change. The challenges facing each coastal community are unique, and the diversity of the people's experiences can make climate mobility a difficult phenomenon to measure and define.
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The past, present and...
Higher living standards also brought an increase in social mobility, weakening feudalism, and eventually leading to political reforms. But the plague also had an important biological impact. The sudden death of so many of the most frail and vulnerable people
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Why should you read...
were fading away. London was becoming the incubator of the modern world through new patterns in industry, trade, and social mobility. Dickens's London is therefore a dualistic a harsh world that is simultaneously filled with wonder and possibility.
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Does money make you...
coming out from top labs all over the world, showcasing the range of things that are undermined as economic inequality gets worse. Social mobility, things we really care about, physical health, social trust, all go down as inequality goes up.
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This Carpenter Builds...
one day my friend asked me to do this carpentry job at his workshop zambian association for children with disabilities this association deals with mobility aid for children with disabilities i was really touched one time when i
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What yoga does to your...
The practice has also been shown to be a potentially powerful therapeutic tool. In studies involving patients with a variety of musculo-skeletal disorders, yoga was more helpful at reducing pain and improving mobility
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Human-powered mobility...
fewer cars but what about human powered mobility people throughout the world are searching for new ways to move through their cities powered by their body cycling is one great example biking for
Video examples
Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
The further to the right you go, the greater the income inequality. On the vertical axis are nine social and health metrics. The more you go up that, the worse the problems are, and those metrics include life expectancy, teenage pregnancy, literacy, social mobility, just to name a few. Now, those of you in the audience who are Americans may wonder,
Video examples
Why Brexit happened --...
They didn't believe that they were actually getting access to material benefits of increased trade and increased mobility around the world. I work on questions predominantly to do with refugees, and one of the ideas I spent a lot of my time preaching, mainly to developing countries around the world,
Video examples
How the blockchain is...
says this is the number one issue in the world in terms of economic mobility, more important than having a bank account, because if you don't have a valid title to your land, you can't borrow against it, and you can't plan for the future. So today, companies are working with governments
Video examples
Where will you be able...
for countries with the highest emissions to reduce pollution and take responsibility for climate change. The challenges facing each coastal community are unique, and the diversity of the people's experiences can make climate mobility a difficult phenomenon to measure and define.
Video examples
The past, present and...
Higher living standards also brought an increase in social mobility, weakening feudalism, and eventually leading to political reforms. But the plague also had an important biological impact. The sudden death of so many of the most frail and vulnerable people
Video examples
Why should you read...
were fading away. London was becoming the incubator of the modern world through new patterns in industry, trade, and social mobility. Dickens's London is therefore a dualistic a harsh world that is simultaneously filled with wonder and possibility.
Video examples
Does money make you...
coming out from top labs all over the world, showcasing the range of things that are undermined as economic inequality gets worse. Social mobility, things we really care about, physical health, social trust, all go down as inequality goes up.
Video examples
This Carpenter Builds...
one day my friend asked me to do this carpentry job at his workshop zambian association for children with disabilities this association deals with mobility aid for children with disabilities i was really touched one time when i
Video examples
What yoga does to your...
The practice has also been shown to be a potentially powerful therapeutic tool. In studies involving patients with a variety of musculo-skeletal disorders, yoga was more helpful at reducing pain and improving mobility
Video examples
Human-powered mobility...
fewer cars but what about human powered mobility people throughout the world are searching for new ways to move through their cities powered by their body cycling is one great example biking for
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Zanny Minton Beddoes
British Journalist
Developing countries have much to gain from capital mobility: the ability to tap external sources of finance, greater financial efficiency from deeper stock and bond markets, and technology transfer and know-how from foreign direct investment.
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Rudy Ruettiger
Retail employees are the underdogs or 'Rudy' of the work force. They start off at the bottom trying to gain experience, but rarely expect a good wage, a good experience or any career mobility. We need to change that mindset.
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Stacey Abrams
American Politician
Money dictates nearly step of social mobility from the very first moments of life. How much our parents make often determines whether we go to college. It affects the jobs we get offered and the ones we can afford to take.
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Tim Ferriss
American Author
As far as income goes, there are three currencies in the world; most people ignore two. The three currencies are time, income and mobility, in descending order of importance. Most people focus exclusively on income.
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Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
French Politician
School was always a major player in my personal journey. It allowed me to open up to the world, and also social mobility. It allowed me to enrich myself, to read, learn and understand.
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Paul Ryan
American Politician
We believe that the government has an important role to create the conditions that promote entrepreneurship, upward mobility, and individual responsibility.
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Jose Rizal
Filipino Writer
When there is in nature no fixed condition, how much less must there be in the life of a people, beings endowed with mobility and movement!
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Richard Jefferies
English Writer
The impression left after watching the motions of birds is that of extreme mobility - a life of perpetual impulse checked only by fear.
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Janet Yellen
American Public Servant
An important factor influencing intergenerational mobility and trends in inequality over time is economic opportunity.
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Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish Scientist
In so many and such important ways, then, do the planets bear witness to the earth's mobility.
Quote examples
Zanny Minton Beddoes
British Journalist
Developing countries have much to gain from capital mobility: the ability to tap external sources of finance, greater financial efficiency from deeper stock and bond markets, and technology transfer and know-how from foreign direct investment.
Quote examples
Rudy Ruettiger
Retail employees are the underdogs or 'Rudy' of the work force. They start off at the bottom trying to gain experience, but rarely expect a good wage, a good experience or any career mobility. We need to change that mindset.
Quote examples
Stacey Abrams
American Politician
Money dictates nearly step of social mobility from the very first moments of life. How much our parents make often determines whether we go to college. It affects the jobs we get offered and the ones we can afford to take.
Quote examples
Tim Ferriss
American Author
As far as income goes, there are three currencies in the world; most people ignore two. The three currencies are time, income and mobility, in descending order of importance. Most people focus exclusively on income.
Quote examples
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
French Politician
School was always a major player in my personal journey. It allowed me to open up to the world, and also social mobility. It allowed me to enrich myself, to read, learn and understand.
Quote examples
Paul Ryan
American Politician
We believe that the government has an important role to create the conditions that promote entrepreneurship, upward mobility, and individual responsibility.
Quote examples
Jose Rizal
Filipino Writer
When there is in nature no fixed condition, how much less must there be in the life of a people, beings endowed with mobility and movement!
Quote examples
Richard Jefferies
English Writer
The impression left after watching the motions of birds is that of extreme mobility - a life of perpetual impulse checked only by fear.
Quote examples
Janet Yellen
American Public Servant
An important factor influencing intergenerational mobility and trends in inequality over time is economic opportunity.
Quote examples
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish Scientist
In so many and such important ways, then, do the planets bear witness to the earth's mobility.
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