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flight

UK/ˈflɐɪ̯t/ US/ˈflaɪ̯t/ common us
noun (9) verb (3)

noun

1.
2.

an instance of traveling by air

  • “flying was still an exciting adventure for him”
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3.
4.

the act of escaping physically

  • “he made his escape from the mental hospital”
  • “the canary escaped from its cage”
  • “his flight was an indication of his guilt”
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5.
6.

passing above and beyond ordinary bounds

  • “a flight of fancy”
  • “flights of rhetoric”
  • “flights of imagination”
7.

the path followed by an object moving through space

Synonyms
8.

a flock of flying birds

9.

a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports

  • “I took the noon flight to Chicago”

verb

1.
2.

fly in a flock

  • “flighting wild geese”
3.

decorate with feathers

  • “fledge an arrow”
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Origin

From Middle English flight, from Old English flyht (“flight”), from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti (“flight”), derived from *fleuganą (“to fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to fly”), enlargement of *plew- (“flow”).

Phrases

  • beer flight
  • black flight
  • bus-stop flight
  • bush flight
  • controlled flight into terrain
  • death flight
  • electronic flight bag
  • fam flight
  • fight or flight
  • white flight

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