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Despite being in public life, I value my own privacy immensely and would be as concerned as anyone else if I thought my mobile phone records could be easily available to officials across government.
David Blunkett

Meaning of "mobile phone" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MOBILE PHONE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOBILE PHONE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mobile phone 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 MOBILE PHONE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mobile phone

Mobile phone

A mobile phone is a phone that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link while moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile phone operator, allowing access to the public telephone network. By contrast, a cordless telephone is used only within the short range of a single, private base station. In addition to telephony, modern mobile phones also support a wide variety of other services such as text messaging, MMS, email, Internet access, short-range wireless communications, business applications, gaming and photography. Mobile phones that offer these and more general computing capabilities are referred to as smartphones. The first hand-held cell phone was demonstrated by John F. Mitchell and Dr Martin Cooper of Motorola in 1973, using a handset weighing around 2.2 pounds. In 1983, the DynaTAC 8000x was the first to be commercially available. From 1990 to 2011, worldwide mobile phone subscriptions grew from 12.4 million to over 6 billion, penetrating about 87% of the global population and reaching the bottom of the economic pyramid.

Definition of mobile phone in the English dictionary

The definition of mobile phone in the dictionary is a portable telephone that works by means of a cellular radio system.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOBILE PHONE

mobile
Mobile Bay
mobile canteen
Mobile Command
mobile data system
mobile home
mobile library
mobile number
mobile phone chicken
mobile police unit
mobile shop
mobile studio
mobilisable
mobilisation
mobilise
mobiliser
mobility
mobility allowance
mobility housing
mobilizable

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOBILE PHONE

Anglophone
cell phone
cellphone
cellular phone
earphone
Francophone
freephone
gramophone
handphone
interphone
iPhone
megaphone
microphone
payphone
Persephone
phone
saxophone
smartphone
speakerphone
telephone
xylophone

Synonyms and antonyms of mobile phone in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mobile phone» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MOBILE PHONE

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

Translator English - Chinese

移动电话
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

teléfono móvil
570 millions of speakers

English

mobile phone
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मोबाइल फोन
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

هَاتِفٌ جَوَال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мобильный телефон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

telefone celular
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মোবাইল ফোন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

téléphone portable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

telefon bimbit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mobiltelefon
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

携帯電話
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

휴대폰
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Telpon seluler
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điện thoại di động
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மொபைல் போன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भ्रमणध्वनी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cep telefonu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

telefono cellulare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

telefon komórkowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мобільний телефон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

telefon mobil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κινητό τηλέφωνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

selfoon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mobiltelefon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mobiltelefon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mobile phone

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOBILE PHONE»

The term «mobile phone» is very widely used and occupies the 5.945 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MOBILE PHONE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mobile phone» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mobile phone» 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 mobile phone

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10 QUOTES WITH «MOBILE PHONE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mobile phone.
1
Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani
In a time where the world is becoming personalized, when the mobile phone, the burger, everything has its own personal identity, how should we perceive ourselves and how should we perceive others?
2
Ed Balls
My mobile phone battery runs out all the time because all the messages come straight to me.
3
David Blunkett
Despite being in public life, I value my own privacy immensely and would be as concerned as anyone else if I thought my mobile phone records could be easily available to officials across government.
4
Jan Chipchase
The mobile phone is used from when you get up in the morning and is often the last thing you interact with at night.
5
Patrick Collison
Square is turning informal, cash transactions, like you would do with a taco truck, into card swipes. Stripe is more for the Internet, it's focused on the kinds of transactions that weren't possible years ago. We think about how you would buy things from a mobile phone, crowd-funding, how should that work.
6
David Crystal
Sending a message on a mobile phone is not the most natural of ways to communicate. The keypad isn't linguistically sensible.
7
Nick D'Aloisio
There is a generation of skimmers. It's not that they don't want to read in-depth content, but they want to evaluate what the content is before they commit time. Especially on a mobile phone - you don't have the phone, or cellular data, or screen size to be reading full-length content.
8
Felix Dennis
The reason I don't carry a mobile phone is I don't want people to know where I am!
9
Marcus du Sautoy
The best mobile phone had the best mathematician. They know how to fit a huge amount of data into a small amount of space. How to do things efficiently, how to do them cleverly.
10
Amanda Holden
I want to be buried with a mobile phone, just in case I'm not dead.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOBILE PHONE»

Discover the use of mobile phone in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mobile phone and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone
He tells the story from the early associations with cars and the privileged, through its immense popular success, to the rise of the smartphone.
Jon Agar, 2013
2
Heidegger, Habermas and the Mobile Phone
Global mobile telephony is at the cutting edge of the communications revolution.
George Myerson, 2001
3
Mobile Phone Programming: and its Application to Wireless ...
This book provides a solid overview of mobile phone programming targeting both academia and industry. Mobile Phone Programming covers all commercial realizations of Symbian, Windows Mobile and Linux platforms.
Frank H. P. Fitzek, Frank Reichert, 2007
4
Protect Your Children from Internet and Mobile Phone ...
An easy-to-understand handbook for worried mums that explains what they can do to prevent problems from happening to their children when they use the Internet or mobile phones.
Steve Roche, 2005
5
Mobile Phone Security and Forensics: A Practical Approach
Mobile Phone Security and Forensics provides both theoretical and practical background of security and forensics for mobile phones.
Iosif I. Androulidakis, 2012
6
The Mobile Connection: The Cell Phone's Impact on Society
The compelling discussion and projections about the future of the telephone should give designers everywhere a more informed practice and process, and provide researchers with new ideas to last years. *Rich Ling (an American working in ...
Rich Ling, 2004
7
Beginning Mobile Phone Game Programming
Build several fully functional games as well as a game engine to use for programming cell phone and mobile games with Beginning Mobile Phone Game Programming!
Michael Morrison, 2004
8
Cell Phone Culture: Mobile Technology in Everyday Life
Drawing on a wide range of national, regional, and international examples, this book provides the first comprehensive, accessible, and international introduction to cell phone culture and theory.
Gerard Goggin, 2012
9
SMS Uprising: Mobile Phone Activism in Africa
SMS Uprising: Mobile Activism in Africa offers practical examples of how activists in Africa are using mobile technology to organize and document their experiences and how the phones capabilities have had a dynamic influence on activists ...
Sokari Ekine, 2010
10
Mobile Phone Cultures
What do we really know about mobile phone culture? This provocative and comprehensive collection explores the cultural and media dimensions of mobile phones around the world.
Gerard Goggin, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOBILE PHONE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mobile phone is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fury as Lottery-winning lifeguard is sacked 'for using mobile phone
Leisure centre bosses have sparked fury by sacking a big-hearted lottery winner after more than 30 years of devoted service. Now a huge ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
This device can turn any mobile phone into a card reader. It just got …
Mumbai-based startup Mswipe fills the gap with a hassle-free POS device which can work with any mobile phone. Yes, even brick phones. Plug it into the ... «Tech in Asia, Jul 15»
3
11-month jail term for theft of mobile phone
A magistrate today handed down an effective 11-month prison term to a Romanian man who admitted to pickpocketing a top-of-the-range ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
4
Optus says mobile phone and data service back to normal
Optus customers began experiencing difficulties with their mobile phone and data services on Friday. It is believed at least one faulty tower was ... «Clarence Valley Daily Examiner, Jul 15»
5
Call for mobile phone tower
THE people on Rabi Island have raised concerns on the need for a communication tower to provide network on the island. Presenting the ... «Fiji Times, Jul 15»
6
Amir Khan filmed using his mobile phone while driving on motorway
Amir Khan has been condemned by safety campaigners after he was filmed using his mobile phone while driving in the fast lane of a motorway. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
7
Watch thief steal mobile phone while using a map as a decoy in …
A man has been caught on camera stealing a mobile phone while using a map as a distraction in a busy McDonald's restaurant in London. «The Independent, Jul 15»
8
Play it safe as blackmailing over mobile phone rises in Chittagong
Blackmailing of men by luring them into 'friendship' with women on mobile phone with extraordinary ease has gone up in Chittagong. «Bangladesh News 24 hours, Jul 15»
9
Znaps wants to give all mobile phone chargers MagSafe properties
Znaps suggests in its Kickstarter page that the same result will apply here, but with something as light as a mobile phone, we'll have to wait and ... «Alphr, Jul 15»
10
Mobile phone stolen every 4 seconds in Mexico – GSMA
A mobile phone is stolen every four seconds in Mexico, according to GSMA Latin America CTO Jose Antonio Aranda. Speaking at the Latin ... «Telecompaper, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Mobile phone [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mobile-phone>. Apr 2024 ».
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