Meaning

4 senses

  1. (not comparable)In or carried by the air.

    Airborne pollen can aggravate allergies.

    über die Luft transportiert

    moved or conveyed by or through air

  2. (not comparable)In flight.

    що знаходиться у повітріščo znaxodytʹsja u povitri

  3. (not comparable)Fitted to an aircraft.

    airborne radar

  4. (not comparable)Transported by air in an aircraft.

    airborne troops

Examples

6 sentences

  1. Be careful, this virus is airborne.

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  2. Once we are airborne, you make unbuckle your seatbelts.

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  3. Is the coronavirus airborne?

    ruКоронавирус передается воздушно-капельным путем? — Balamax

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  4. They published the first study linking airborne plastic fragments and fibers to climate change Wednesday.

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  5. The key to sexual attraction may be pheromones—airborne chemicals secreted from the body that are known to alter behavior.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
in flight:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
carried by the air:

Origin

Attested since the 1640s; air + -borne

Attested since the 1640s; air + -borne

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Word family

1 related words
Derivednonairborne

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
aimlesslyC1airA2airbagaircraftB2airfieldairheadairlift
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