Flight Definition

flīt
flights
noun
flights
The motion of an object in or through a medium, especially through the earth's atmosphere or through space.
American Heritage
An instance of such motion.
American Heritage
The act, manner, or power of flying or moving through space.
Webster's New World
The distance covered or that can be covered at one time by an airplane, bird, projectile, etc.
Webster's New World
A military flight formation.
Webster's New World
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verb
To fly in numbers.
Webster's New World

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

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adjective

(obsolete) Fast, swift.

Wiktionary
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idiom
take flight
  • to take wing, take off, etc.; become airborne and fly
Webster's New World
put to flight
  • to force to flee
Webster's New World
take (to) flight
  • to run away; flee
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Flight

Noun

Singular:
flight
Plural:
flights

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Flight

Origin of Flight

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English flyht pleu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English from Old English flyht pleu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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Flight Sentence Examples

  • A blowing snow storm delayed our flight north.

  • Owing to the rapidity of the French flight and the Russian pursuit and the consequent exhaustion of the horses, the chief means of approximately ascertaining the enemy's position--by cavalry scouting-- was not available.

  • They had a flight out yesterday afternoon.

  • Can you call Katie while I make flight arrangements?

  • He left the sparring level without saying a word to Ully and followed his instincts up a flight of stairs and down a narrow hall he recognized from his visit to their father.s catacombs with Kris.

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