Meaning

25 senses
  1. (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

  2. 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

  3. (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

  4. (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.

  5. (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

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.

    a flight of fancy; a flight of the imagination

  9. 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.

  10. (countable, uncountable)An aerodynamic surface designed to guide a projectile's trajectory.

  11. (countable, uncountable)The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.

  12. 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 sentences
  1. The flight took us ten hours.

    Переліт зайняв у нас десять годин. — Ahha

    ruПерелёт занял у нас десять часов. — marafon

  2. I'm sorry, the flight is full.

    Мені прикро, але на рейсі немає вільних місць. — deniko

    deTut mir leid, der Flug ist voll. — MUIRIEL

  3. I thought you missed your flight.

    Я думав, ти не встиг на свій рейс. — deniko

    deIch dachte, du hättest deinen Flug verpasst. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. You're going to miss your flight.

    Ти не встигнеш на літак. — deniko

    ruВы опоздаете на самолёт. — marafon

  5. It's not that long a flight.

    Це не такий вже й довгий переліт. — deniko

    ruЭто не такой длинный полёт. — Selena777

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 7
act of flying:
instance of flying:
journey made by an aircraft:
group of doves or swallows:
set of stairs:
floor of building:
act of fleeing:
Русский
By meaning 6
act of flying:
instance of flying:
journey made by an aircraft:
group of doves or swallows:
set of stairs:
act of fleeing:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
act of flying:
set of stairs:
act of fleeing:

Origin

From Middle English flight, from Old English flyht (“flight”), from Proto-West Germanic *f

From 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: flights
Singularflight
Pluralflights

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

87 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
flight — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto