Flight - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |flaɪt|  American pronunciation of the word flight
Brit.  |flaɪt|  British pronunciation of the word flight

noun

- a formation of aircraft in flight
- 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)
his flight was an indication of his guilt
- an air force unit smaller than a squadron
- passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
a flight of fancy
flights of rhetoric
flights of imagination
- the path followed by an object moving through space (syn: trajectory)
- a flock of flying birds
- a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
I took the noon flight to Chicago

verb

- shoot a bird in flight
- fly in a flock
flighting wild geese
- decorate with feathers (syn: fledge)

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

noun
singular: flight
plural: flights
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