Flight definition
A flight of birds, arrows, etc.
An example of flight is a bird in the sky.
An example of a flight is traveling by airplane from New York to California.
An example of flight is running away from a burning building.
The long flight from Seattle to Little Rock.
Flight is characteristic of nearly all birds.
A flight of fancy.
The migrating birds' flight took them to Africa.
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.
How many flights is it up?
Barely noticed the flight of time.
The 7:00 flight to New York; the next flight of the space shuttle.
A flight of the imagination; flights of oratory.
- to take wing, take off, etc.; become airborne and fly
- to force to flee
- to run away; flee
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Origin of flight
- 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
- From Middle English, from Old English flyht, from Proto-Germanic *fluhtiz. Cognate with Dutch vlucht and German Flucht.
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