flight

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Etymology [edit]

From Middle English, from Old English flyht, from Proto-Germanic *fluhtiz. Cognate with Dutch vlucht and German Flucht.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

flight (countable and uncountable; plural flights)

A jet in flight
  1. The act of flying.
    Birds are capable of flight
  2. An instance of flying.
    The migrating birds' flight took them to Africa.
  3. A collective term for doves or swallows.
  4. A journey made by an aircraft, eg a balloon, plane or space shuttle, particularly one between two airports, which needs to be reserved in advance.
    The flight to Paris leaves at 7 o'clock tonight
    Where is the departure gate for flight 747? / Go straight down and to the right.
  5. The act of fleeing. (Flight is the noun which corresponds to the verb flee.)
    take flight
  6. A set of stairs or an escalator. A series of stairs between landings.
  7. A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
    How many flights is it up?
  8. A feather on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
  9. A paper plane.
  10. (cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air - concerns its speed, trajectory and drift.
  11. The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
  12. An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
  13. Act of fleeing of a refugee or a fugitive.
  14. An air force unit.
  15. Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.
  16. (engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.

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Translations [edit]

act of flying
instance of flying
group of doves or swallows
journey made by an aircraft
act of fleeing
set of stairs
floor of building
feather on an arrow
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Adjective [edit]

flight (comparative more flight, superlative most flight)

  1. (obsolete) Fast, swift.

Verb [edit]

flight (third-person singular simple present flights, present participle flighting, simple past and past participle flighted)

  1. (cricket, of a spin bowler) To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual.

See also [edit]

Appendix:English collective nouns

Middle English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old English flyht.

Noun [edit]

flight (plural flights)

  1. flight (act of flying)
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