flight
The act of flying; the ability to flyThe act of flying; the ability to fly.
» The flight took us ten hours.
Перелёт занял у нас десять часов.
Переліт зайняв у нас десять годин.
Meaning
25 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of flying; the ability to fly.
Most birds are capable of flight.
Bats are born with the instinct of flight.
the act of escaping physically
The act of flying; the ability to fly.
(countable, uncountable)An instance of flying.
The migrating birds' flight took them to Africa.
Flug
полётpoljót, перелётpereljót
полі́тpolít, перелі́тperelít
an instance of traveling by air
(countable, uncountable)The trajectory or passage through air or space of a projectile, ship, etc.
The space shuttle's flight was carefully calculated long before takeoff.
the path followed by an object moving through space
(countable, uncountable)A swift movement, especially as to escape; an escape.
The lizard's immediate flight when startled makes it hard to catch.
The judge thought she was a flight risk.
(countable, uncountable)A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or 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.
Flug
полётpoljót, перелётpereljót, рейсrejs
полі́тpolít, рейсrejs
A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
(countable, uncountable)The aircraft used in a journey through air or space.
He boarded the flight to Miami.
The act of flying; the ability to fly.
(countable, uncountable)The movement of a spinning ball through the air from the bowler to where it bounces on the pitch.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
a flight of fancy; a flight of the imagination
A surface that aids in an item's purpose
(countable, uncountable)The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
(countable, uncountable)An aerodynamic surface designed to guide a projectile's trajectory.
(countable, uncountable)The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
A thing that flies or moves as if in flight
(collective, countable, uncountable)An air force unit, ranked below a squadron, comprising several planes and their crews.
an air force unit smaller than a squadron
Examples
862 sentencesThe flight took us ten hours.
Переліт зайняв у нас десять годин.
ruПерелёт занял у нас десять часов.
I'm sorry, the flight is full.
Мені прикро, але на рейсі немає вільних місць.
deTut mir leid, der Flug ist voll.
I thought you missed your flight.
Я думав, ти не встиг на свій рейс.
deIch dachte, du hättest deinen Flug verpasst.
You're going to miss your flight.
Ти не встигнеш на літак.
ruВы опоздаете на самолёт.
It's not that long a flight.
Це не такий вже й довгий переліт.
ruЭто не такой длинный полёт.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 7
By meaning 6
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English flight, from Old English flyht (“flight”), from Proto-West Germanic *fFrom Middle English flight, from Old English flyht (“flight”), from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti (“flight”), derived from *fleuganą (“to fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to fly”), enlargement of *plew- (“flow”). Analyzable as fly + -t (variant of -th).
From Middle English, from Old English flyht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti, derived from *fleuhaną (“to flee”). Analyzable as flee + -t (variant of -th). Cognate with Dutch vlucht, German Flucht (etymology 1).
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Forms
plural: flightsSynonyms
6 synonyms- an instance of traveling by air:flying
- a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next:flight of stairsflight of steps
- the act of escaping physically:escape
- the path followed by an object moving through space:trajectory
Word family
87 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Travel and holidays — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- flight was canceled
- flight attendant
- the next flight
- the same flight
- a flight attendant
- the flight attendant
- miss your flight
- flight has been
- miss his flight
- flights of stairs
- missed my flight
- same flight as