Pronunciations (16)
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/ˈflaɪ̯t/
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[ˈflaɪ̯t]
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/ˈflɐɪ̯t/
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[ˈflɐɪ̯t]
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/ˈflʌɪ̯t/
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[ˈflʌɪ̯t]
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/ˈfləɪ̯t/
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[ˈfləɪ̯t]
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/ˈflɜɪ̯t/
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[ˈflɜɪ̯t]
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/ˈflɑɪ̯t/
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- Australia
- New-Zealand
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[ˈflɑ̟ɪ̯t]
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- New-Zealand
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/ˈflɒɪ̯t/
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- New-Zealand
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[ˈflɒ̈ɪ̯t]
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/ˈflaːt/
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[ˈflaːt]
Noun
The act of flying; the ability to fly.
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Most birds are capable of flight.
Bats are born with the instinct of flight.
The act of flying; the ability to fly. An instance of flying.
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The migrating birds' flight took them to Africa.
The act of flying; the ability to fly. The trajectory or passage through air or space of a projectile, ship, etc.
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The space shuttle's flight was carefully calculated long before takeoff.
The act of flying; the ability to fly. A swift movement, especially as to escape; an escape.
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The lizard's immediate flight when startled makes it hard to catch.
The judge thought she was a flight risk.
The act of flying; the ability to fly. A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
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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.
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He is taking the 5 o' clock flight to London in the morning.
The act of flying; the ability to fly. A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance. The aircraft used in a journey through air or space.
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He boarded the flight to Miami.
The act of flying; the ability to fly. The movement of a spinning ball through the air from the bowler to where it bounces on the pitch.
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The act of flying; the ability to fly. An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
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a flight of fancy; a flight of the imagination
A surface that aids in an item's purpose The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
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Baſſ. In my ſchoole dayes, when I had loſt one ſhaft / I ſhot his fellow of the ſelfeſame flight / The ſelfeſame way, with more aduiſed watch / To finde the other forth, and by aduenturing both, / I oft found both. I vrge this child-hoode proofe, […]
A surface that aids in an item's purpose An aerodynamic surface designed to guide a projectile's trajectory.
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A surface that aids in an item's purpose The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
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A thing that flies or moves as if in flight An air force unit, ranked below a squadron, comprising several planes and their crews.
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A thing that flies or moves as if in flight A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design.
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A thing that flies or moves as if in flight A group of birds, especially doves (pigeons), goshawks or swallows.
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a flight of swallows
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The latest note I have of the hobby waiting on the swallows is dated the 7th of September, 1893, when one appeared near the mill on the Avon at Harvington, where a small flight of swallows had gathered.
he claimed that there was a flight of wild pigeons in this county in 1895. I have been quite familiar with the game and fish of this county for nearly or quite fifty years, and during all that time I have never heard or known of a flight of wild pigeons in this county.
During the winter of 1906-07 a great flight of Goshawks appeared in the northern and eastern States.
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I look forward to seeing it as I gaze at a flight of doves whitebreasted, white-winged, swift of flight against the fury of a gale.
A thing that flies or moves as if in flight A group of angels or types of angels, e.g., seraphim, cherubim.
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The central figure in the painting is a young woman, surrounded by a flight of angels.
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The horses chafing at the bit and pawing the ground with pride, the flight of angels round the young woman symbolizing Faith, the Spirit riding one of the horses and carrying the pontifical keys, Faith with her inspired gesture and the life-like attitudes of the vanquished, all combine to form a group incomparably rich and animated, a veritable triumphal procession marching onward, overpowering, irresistible.
It is one of those sunset visions of a flock of lamb-like, living saints, a flight of cherubim, a swarm of seraphim in golden glory, a clustered covey of rainbow-polychromed, peacock-winged angels, and a rapture of all the beatitudes-four saints, two angels, and the Madonna
To him the lightning was the sigh of an angel king and the sun was a flight of seraphim.
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One of these busts was of Cherubini. Projecting from the wall, and under the shelf of the bracket supporting this bust, was a flight of angels. And this was the origin of the flight of angels that constitutes the principal feature of the oval device upon the medal.
A thing that flies or moves as if in flight A paper airplane.
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A segment of a whole A series of stairs between landings.
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Limerick terminus has changed but little since its opening, and travellers still ascend the same flight of steps from the forecourt to enter the handsome two-storey stone building, which contains the offices and a recently-modernised refreshment room.
She crept up the stairs [...] On she went, across the landing, from which sprang the tall window, and up the next flight until she reached the top.
A segment of a whole A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
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How many flights up is it?
A segment of a whole A level of a terrace; a series of such levels making up a terrace.
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I'll start on the lowest flight of the terrace, you start at the top.
The flight of terraces extended up fifty meters from the base.
A segment of a whole A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
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A segment of a whole A group of competitors, divided by ability or other factors.
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The competing sprinters were divided into several flights.
Several sample glasses (usually three to five) of a specific wine varietal or other variations in wine, each sample comprising a smaller amount than a full glass of wine. A comparable sample of beers or other drinks.
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Several sample glasses (usually three to five) of a specific wine varietal or other variations in wine, each sample comprising a smaller amount than a full glass of wine. A series of small dishes of food united by a purpose, category, etc.
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a flight of canapés, a flight of sliders
An advertising campaign of fixed length.
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After the first eight-week flight of advertising, the tracking research showed that consumers' predisposition to use Citi as a financial services provider jumped 50 percent.
Adjective
Fast, swift, fleet.
Usage- Obsolete
Verb
To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual.
Usage- of a spin bowler
To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or airtime than usual.
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Riyad Mahrez flighted the free-kick that followed to the far post and Morgan, with not much finesse but plenty of desire, bundled the ball over the line. Cue pandemonium in the stands.
Noun
The act of fleeing.
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take flight
the flight of a refugee
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Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night, Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight: And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught The Sultán's Turret in a Noose of light.
But the sight of her eyes was not a thing to forget. John Dodds said they were the een of a deer with the Devil ahint them; and indeed, they would so appal an onlooker that a sudden unreasoning terror came into his heart, while his feet would impel him to flight.
Noun
a formation of aircraft in flight
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an instance of traveling by air
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flying was still an exciting adventure for him
a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
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the act of escaping physically
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he made his escape from the mental hospital
the canary escaped from its cage
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his flight was an indication of his guilt
an air force unit smaller than a squadron
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passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
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a flight of fancy
flights of rhetoric
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flights of imagination
the path followed by an object moving through space
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a flock of flying birds
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a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
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I took the noon flight to Chicago
Verb
shoot a bird in flight
fly in a flock
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flighting wild geese
decorate with feathers
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fledge an arrow