Collocations for "mobile"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "mobile" in context.
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mobile
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a mobile [unit, service, library, classroom]
- mobile [systems, programs, devices, communications]
- [make, sell, build, buy, live in] a mobile home
- [locate, check in on, tap] a mobile device
- still mobile at (the age of) [eighty, ninety]
- is no longer (very) mobile
- [fully, completely, half, barely] mobile
- an upwardly mobile [person, man, woman, professional, society]
- [use, sell, buy, charge] a mobile phone
- the mobile phone [sector, industry]
- mobile phone [sales, apps, brands, companies, services, tariffs, chargers]
- UK: your mobile phone number
- US: your cell (phone) number
- mobile [videos, ringtones, messages]
- UK: just [bought, got] a new mobile
- UK: a mobile with [8GB] of storage
- UK: this mobile has a [five] -inch screen
- UK: my mobile has [died, gone flat, run out of battery]
- UK: need to charge my mobile
- UK, informal: that's a [cool, sick, top] mobile (you've got)
- UK: turn off your mobile [in class, in a meeting, during an interview]
- UK: left my mobile in the [hall, office, car]
- UK: left my mobile at [home, work, school]
- UK: [call, phone] me on my mobile
- UK: I'll [call] you on your mobile
- UK: [download, store] music on your mobile
'mobile' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):