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noun

the act, manner, or power of flying.

the distance covered or the course taken by a flying object: a 500-mile flight; the flight of the ball.

a trip by an airplane, glider, etc.

a scheduled trip on an airline: a 5 o'clock flight.

a number of beings or things flying or passing through the air together: a flight of geese.

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the basic tactical unit of military air forces, consisting of two or more aircraft.

the act, principles, or technique of flying an airplane: flight training.

a journey into or through outer space: a rocket flight.

swift movement, transition, or progression: the flight of time.

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a soaring above or transcending ordinary bounds: a flight of fancy.

11.

a series of steps between one floor or landing of a building and the next.

12.

Archery.

flight arrow.

the distance such an arrow travels when shot.

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verb (used without object)

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(of wild fowls) to fly in coordinated flocks.

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Flight is one of our favorite verbs.

So is fletcherise. Does it mean:

to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.

to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.

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Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English flyht; cognate with Dutch vlucht; akin to fly¹

Synonyms
5. flock. 9. rush, dash, fleetingness.

Example Sentences

Travelers who need to change their flight plans should consider the policies of different airlines, and when to ask for a change.

Everybody's unscathed physically except for one flight attendant who sustained-as they say-minor injuries.

Once investors realised that this was unsustainable, capital took flight and the country's foreign reserves dwindled.

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Travelers who need to change their flight plans should consider the policies of different airlines, and when to ask for a change.

Everybody's unscathed physically except for one flight attendant who sustained-as they say-minor injuries.

Once investors realised that this was unsustainable, capital took flight and the country's foreign reserves dwindled.

One hundred years ago today, a machine carrying a person made a brief and wobbly flight.

The linear flight formations of migratory birds are.

Procure those feathers by ripping them off other birds' backs, in flight.

Now you can have it without having to catch a flight.

Cessna called the flight a success and says it is eager to.

When the seat-belt light goes on but the in-flight service continues, serious injuries to flight attendants can be the result.

Time spent in an airplane on a commercial flight is not equal.

Flight attendants told her that the flight was fully booked, so she was stuck in more ways than one.

Now flight engineers are researching owl-feather-inspired technology to build quieter aircraft.

Some people have seen them jetting water while in flight.

His adolescent dreams of flight brought him a job flying the mail.

Choose any tasting flight and receive the second choice complimentary.

From wings to low-density bones to echolocation, the evolution of flight in bats required many radical changes.

She was openhearted and generous and kept her drug store going when the surrounding town fell victim to white flight.

But the qualifying flight may come even sooner than that.

Socha speculates that they employ gliding flight as a means to get around the.

Some snakes don't need to be on a plane to take flight.

Those postal covers were sold a couple of months after the flight and quickly became public knowledge.

Since the dawn of time, mankind has dreamed of achieving flight.

She had boarded the plane here, but then the flight was canceled due to.

It remains to be seen how weather conditions affect the air flows that make formation flight more efficient.

Tuskegee was much more difficult than the flight schools at white colleges.

The spin creates a gyroscopic effect, stabilizing the flight of the ball through the air.

One flight attendant dies after being blown out of the airplane.

Talk about how much you looking forward to working on your current manuscript before your flight home.

Their mechanics of flight seem to defy the laws of physics.

In preparation for flight, these aerial acrobats expose their wings to direct sunlight, which rapidly warms their flight muscles.

The early morning flight lasted for nearly three hours.

It's easy to blame the tube for fostering a flight from serious issues into glitter, froth, and measuring tape.

They are true masters of stationary flight and can even fly backwards-the only birds able to do.

But after they moved the site, researchers realized they knew little about the flight patterns of petrels.

It's nice to see flight test engineers having some fun once in a while.

And the insects he collects may hold the key to winged flight.

His plan was to wait until the last minute and hope for some great last-minute flight deals.

The first flight of the new composite airliner has been plagued by delays for nearly two years,.

It's not the time to take flight with generalizations and hypotheticals.

Force base in preparation for a late-spring maiden flight.

Every box is one more that you'll have to carry up the next flight of steps to your new apartment.

Realistically, the average dean has realized that anyone who can't get another offer isn't a flight risk.

In other words you will probably not be able to decide in the morning that you want to go and then catch a flight that night.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun

an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.

Idioms

put to flight, to force to flee or run away; rout: She succeeded in putting the intruder to flight.

take flight, to retreat; run away; flee: The wild animals took flight before the onrushing fire. Also, take to flight.

Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English; cognate with German Flucht; akin to flee

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World English Dictionary

flight¹ (flaɪt)

—n
1.	the act, skill, or manner of flying
2.	a journey made by a flying animal or object
3.	a. a scheduled airline journey
	b. an aircraft flying on such a journey
4.	a group of flying birds or aircraft: a flight of swallows
5.	the basic tactical unit of a military air force
6.	a journey through space, esp of a spacecraft
7.	rapid movement or progress
8.	a soaring mental journey above or beyond the normal everyday world: a flight of fancy
9.	a. a single line of hurdles across a track in a race
	b. a series of such hurdles
10.	a bird's wing or tail feather; flight feather
11.	a feather or plastic attachment fitted to an arrow or dart to give it stability in flight
12.	See flight arrow
13.	the distance covered by a flight arrow
14.	esp sport, cricket
	a. a flighted movement imparted to a ball, dart, etc
	b. the ability to flight a ball
15.	angling a device on a spinning lure that revolves rapidly
16.	a set of steps or stairs between one landing or floor and the next
17.	a large enclosed area attached to an aviary or pigeon loft where the birds may fly but not escape

—vb
18.	(tr) sport to cause (a ball, dart, etc) to float slowly or deceptively towards its target
19.	(intr) (of wild fowl) to fly in groups
20.	(tr) to shoot (a bird) in flight
21.	(tr) to fledge (an arrow or a dart)

[Old English flyht; related to Middle Dutch vlucht, Old Saxon fluht]

flight² (flaɪt)

—n
1.	the act of fleeing or running away, as from danger
2.	put to flight to cause to run away; rout
3.	take flight, take to flight to run away or withdraw hastily; flee

[Old English flyht (unattested); related to Old Frisian flecht, Old High German fluht, Old Norse flōtti]

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Word Origin & History

flight

"flying," O.E. flyht "a flying, flight." from P.Gmc. *flukhtiz (cf. Low Ger. flugt, Ger. Flucht). Spelling altered from M.E. fliht c. 1385 (see fight), from root of *fleugan "to fly" (see fly (v.1)). Meaning "an instance of flight" is 1785, originally of ballooning. Meaning

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"series of stairs between landings" is from 1703.

flight

"fleeing," from M.E. fluht (c.1200), not found in O.E., but presumed to have existed. Related to O.E. fleon "flee" (see flee).

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American Heritage

Idioms & Phrases

flight

In addition to the idioms beginning with flight, also see put to flight; take flight.