Flight - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- an instance of traveling by air (syn: flying)
- a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
- the act of escaping physically (syn: escape)
- passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
flights of rhetoric
flights of imagination
- a flock of flying birds
- a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
verb
Extra examples
At that moment the plane was in flight over the Mediterranean.
There is no way to stop the flight of time.
Their army was put to flight.
The enemy was in full flight.
High inflation may cause a flight from money.
He immediately booked a flight to Toulouse.
Bernstein caught the first flight out of Washington.
We need to hurry or we'll miss our flight.
All flights out of Chicago were cancelled.
Many people have trouble sleeping after a long flight.
Soon smoking will be banned on all domestic flights.
The number of international flights fell last year.
We only had 20 minutes to make our connecting flight.
In 1968, the first supersonic airliner took flight (=began flying).
During its flight, the weapon twists and turns.
Word forms
singular: flight
plural: flights
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