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The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity.
Maria Montessori

Meaning of "immobility" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IMMOBILITY

immobility  [ˌɪməʊˈbɪlɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IMMOBILITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Immobility is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES IMMOBILITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Immobilization

Immobilization may refer to: ▪ Automobile immobilization, the prevention of an automobile's engine from running ▪ Economic immobilization, a concept in financial economics ▪ Enzyme immobilization, a concept in organic chemistry ▪ Immobilization, a type of human position ▪ Immobilization, the absorption of decomposed organic matter by micro-organisms ▪ Molecular immobilization, a fictional magical power in the television series Charmed ▪ Muscle immobilization, the complete loss of muscle function for one or more muscle groups ▪ Whole cell immobilization, a biochemistry method...

Definition of immobility in the English dictionary

The definition of immobility in the dictionary is the quality or state of not moving; motionlessness. Other definition of immobility is the quality or state of not being able to move or be moved; fixedness.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IMMOBILITY


ability
əˈbɪlɪtɪ
accessibility
əkˌsɛsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
accountability
əˌkaʊntəˈbɪlɪtɪ
availability
əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪtɪ
capability
ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlɪtɪ
compatibility
kəmˌpætɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
disability
ˌdɪsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
durability
ˌdjʊərəˈbɪlɪtɪ
eligibility
ˌɛlɪdʒɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
flexibility
ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
inability
ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪtɪ
liability
ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
mobility
məʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
nobility
nəʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
possibility
ˌpɒsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
probability
ˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪtɪ
reliability
rɪˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
responsibility
rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
stability
stəˈbɪlɪtɪ
visibility
ˌvɪzɪˈbɪlɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IMMOBILITY

immobile
immobilisation
immobilism
immobilization
immobilize
immobilizer
immoderate
immoderately
immoderateness
immoderation
immodest
immodestly
immodesty
immolate
immolation
immolator
immoral
immoral earnings
immoralist
immoralities

WORDS THAT END LIKE IMMOBILITY

agility
credibility
facility
feasibility
fertility
functionality
hostility
humility
inevitability
instability
merchantability
profitability
suitability
susceptibility
sustainability
tranquility
usability
utility
variability
versatility
vulnerability

Synonyms and antonyms of immobility in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «IMMOBILITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «immobility» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of immobility

Translation of «immobility» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IMMOBILITY

Find out the translation of immobility to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of immobility from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «immobility» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inmovilidad
570 millions of speakers

English

immobility
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गतिहीनता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجمود
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неподвижность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

imobilidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অচলতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

immobilité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Imobiliti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Immobilität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不動性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부동
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Immobility
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không nhúc nhích
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அசைவில்லாதிருத்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अचलता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hareketsizlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

immobilità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieruchomość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нерухомість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

imobilitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακινησία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

immobiliteit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

orörlighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

immobilitet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of immobility

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IMMOBILITY»

The term «immobility» is regularly used and occupies the 83.352 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IMMOBILITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «immobility» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «immobility» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about immobility

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QUOTES WITH «IMMOBILITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word immobility.
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Maria Montessori
The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMMOBILITY»

Discover the use of immobility in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to immobility and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Immobility
When you open your eyes things already seem to be happening without you.
Brian Evenson, 2012
2
Chronic Illness: Impact and Intervention
It is possible for an individual to gradually lose increments of their autonomy because of limitations imposed by sensory deprivation, immobility, weakness, and cognitive impairment (Mezey, Mitty, & Ramsey, 1997). Research suggests that ...
‎2009
3
The Politics of Proximity: Mobility and Immobility in Practice
This book analyses patterns of mobility in relation to new possibilities of organizing space, time, and proximity to others.
Ms Giuseppina Pellegrino, 2012
4
In Defense Of The Earth's Centrality and Immobility: ...
Contents: Introduction; (I) The Diversity of the Aristotelian Reaction; (II) The Basic Defense of Aristotelian Cosmology; (III) The Earth¿s Centrality: (A) The Three Centers; (B) The Terraqueous Sphere; (IV) The Earth¿s Immobility: (A) ...
Edward Grant, 2007
5
International migration, immobility and development: ...
Conclusions. This chapter has reviewed (micro)economic theories in order to explain why people decide to 'go'. Admittedly, the classic economic man or woman, continuously computing economic benefits at all conceivable alternative  ...
Tomas Hammar, 1997
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Nursing Diagnosis: Application to Clinical Practice
Disuse Syndrome describes a person experiencing or at risk for the adverse effects of immobility. Syndrome nursing diagnoses should not be written as "Risk for," because risk and actual diagnoses are clustered under them. Disuse Syndrome ...
Lynda Juall Carpenito-Moyet, 2008
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Adult Orthopaedic Nursing
SYSTEMIC. EFFECTS. OF. IMMOBILITY. RESPIRATORY COMPLICATIONS Recumbency, drugs used for pain relief that depress respiration, a decrease in the body's need for oxygen, and the resistance of the bed against the chest wall ...
Delores Christina Schoen, 2000
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NCLEX-RN For Dummies
Exam questions about immobility require you to know the effects of prolonged immobility and the nursing interventions to combat these complications. To make things a bit easier for you, we've broken the effects of immobility on the body down ...
Patrick R. Coonan, 2006
9
Nursing Care Plans & Documentation: Nursing Diagnoses and ...
The following is an example of a high-risk nursing diagnosis and its corresponding goal: High Risk for Impaired Skin Integrity related to immobility Goal: The client will demonstrate continued intact tissue. If the goals are associated with an ...
Lynda Juall Carpenito-Moyet, 2009
10
The Shadows of Immobility: Low-wage Work, Single Mothers' ...
More specifically, it explores the ways in which the low wages and occupational immobility associated with nursing assistant jobs shapes women's home lives, posing particular social and economic challenges for them, as well as how ...
Kimberly A. Clum, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMMOBILITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term immobility is used in the context of the following news items.
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Former President George H.W. Bush listed in fair condition; no …
PNEUMONIAS AND OTHER PROBLEMS RELATED TO IMMOBILITY. BUSH, 91, IS NO STRANGE TORE THOSE PROBLEMS. HE WAS ... «KPRC Houston, Jul 15»
2
Brad Pitt says free the chickens - USA Today
... CEO of the big-box chain, arguing that caged birds suffer atrophy of their muscles and bones from years of immobility — one of the reasons ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
3
Opponent activity of a new type of neuron is responsible for selective …
Motion despite immobility. The illusion of self-motion is created, for example, in an IMAX cinema with the help of large-format movies. This is ... «Medical Xpress, Jul 15»
4
Summer Fun, But Not for Pigs: The Horror of Gestation Crates and …
There is absolutely no justification for torturing an animal by condemning it to life long immobility and confinement, a toothless condition and ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
5
Foo Fighters' Broken Leg Tour Leans on the Punchlines and Hits at …
... Sonic Highways — they tore through the new stuff and the old, blitzing through the hits without pause as Grohl made up for his immobility with ... «Village Voice, Jul 15»
6
GlobeOne Expands Global Financial Network with Bansi S.A. …
... new ecosystem not only provides for the Individual Members' banking needs but also a global solution for financial exclusion and immobility. «Virtual-Strategy Magazine, Jul 15»
7
Announcing our selection for the 2015 Points Summer Book Club
In intensive care, he developed respiratory failure, a systemic infection, blood clots from his immobility, then bleeding from the blood thinners to ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
8
Oh, my aching ... teeth? | Dr. Fields - Auburn Reporter
... fashion, and over time, the cartilage the lines the joint spaces becomes destroyed, causing varying degrees of pain and immobility. «Auburn Reporter, Jul 15»
9
The Statesman: Common mental health drug may treat arthritis
Osteoarthritis results in degradation of cartilages in joints leading to pain and immobility. The study used bovine cartilage samples exposed to ... «The Statesman, Jul 15»
10
Tackling inherited illness | BusinessDay
“It was months of immobility which affected me emotionally especially as I had to quit my schooling just as I was entering Form two,” she recalls. «BusinessDay, Jul 15»

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