Definitions for flight
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Princeton's WordNet(2.80 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. flightnoun

   a formation of aircraft in flight

2. flight, flyingnoun

   an instance of traveling by air

   "flying was still an exciting adventure for him"

3. flight, flight of stairs, flight of stepsnoun

   a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next

4. escape, flightnoun

   the act of escaping physically

   "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt"

5. flightnoun

   an air force unit smaller than a squadron

6. flightnoun

   passing above and beyond ordinary bounds

   "a flight of fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"; "flights of imagination"

7. trajectory, flightnoun

   the path followed by an object moving through space

8. flightnoun

   a flock of flying birds

9. flightverb

   a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports

   "I took the noon flight to Chicago"

10. flightverb

    shoot a bird in flight

11. flightverb

    fly in a flock

    "flighting wild geese"

12. fledge, flightverb

    decorate with feathers

    "fledge an arrow"

GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Flightnoun

   a trip made by or in a flying vehicle, as an airplane, spacecraft, or aeronautical balloon.

2. Flightnoun

   A scheduled flight on a commercial airline; as, the next flight leaves at 8 o'clock.

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. flightnoun

   The act of flying.

   Birds are capable of flight

2. flightnoun

   An instance of flying.

   The migrating birds' flight took them to Africa.

3. flightnoun

   A collective term for doves or swallows.

4. flightnoun

   A journey made by an aircraft, eg a balloon, plane or space shuttle, particularly one between two airports, which needs to be reserved in advance.

5. flightnoun

   The act of fleeing. (Flight is the noun which corresponds to the verb flee.)

   take flight

6. flightnoun

   A set of stairs or an escalator. A series of stairs between landings.

7. flightnoun

   A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.

   How many flights is it up?

8. flightnoun

   A feather on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.

9. flightnoun

   A paper plane.

10. flightnoun

    The movement of a spinning ball through the air - concerns its speed, trajectory and drift.

11. flightnoun

    The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.

12. flightnoun

    An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.

13. flightnoun

    Act of fleeing of a refugee or a fugitive.

14. flightnoun

    An air force unit.

15. flightnoun

    Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.

16. flightnoun

    The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.

17. flightadjective

    Fast, swift.

18. Etymology: From flyht.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Flightnoun

   Etymology: from To fly.

   1. The act of flying or running from danger.

   And now, too late, he wishes for the fight,
   That strength he wasted in ignoble flight. John Denham.

   He thinks by flight his mistress must be won,
   And claims the prize because he best did run. John Dryden, Ind. Em.

   As eager of the chace, the maid
   Beyond the forest’s verdant limits stray’d;
   Pan saw and lov’d, and, burning with desire,
   Pursu’d her flight; her flight increas’d his fire. Alexander Pope.

   2. Removal to another place.

   The fury sprang above the Stygian flood;
   And on her wicker wings, sublime through night,
   She to the Latian palace took her flight. John Dryden, Æn.

   3. The act of using wings; volation.

   For he so swift and nimble was of flight,
   That from this lower tract he dar’d to fly
   Up to the clouds, and thence with pinions light
   To mount aloft unto the crystal sky. Edmund Spenser, Muiopotmos.

   Winds that tempests brew,
   When through Arabian groves they take their flight,
   Made wanton with rich odours, lose their spite. Dryden.

   4. Removal from place to place by means of wings.

   Ere the bat hath flown
   His cloyster’d flight. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   The fowls shall take their flight away together. 2 Esd. v. 6.

   Fowls, by Winter forc’d, forsake the floods,
   And wing their hasty flight to happier lands. John Dryden, Æn.

   5. A flock of birds flying together.

   Flights of angels wing thee to thy rest. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   They take great pride in the feathers of birds; and this they took from their ancestors of the mountains, who were invited unto it by the infinite flights of birds that came up to the high grounds. Francis Bacon, New Atlantis.

   I can at will, doubt not,
   Command a table in this wilderness;
   And call swift flights of angels ministrant,
   Array’d in glory, on my cup t’ attend. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   6. The birds produced in the same season: as, the harvest flight of pigeons.7. A volley; a shower; as much shot as is discharged at once.

   At the first flight of arrows sent,
   Full threescore Scots they slew. Chevy Chase.

   Above an hundred arrows discharged on my left hand, pricked me like so many needles; and besides they shot another flight into the air, as we do bombs. Gulliver’s Travels.

   8. The space past by flying.9. Heat of imagination; sally of the soul.

   Old Pindar’s flights by him are reacht,
   When on that gale his wings are stretcht. John Denham.

   He shewed all the stretch of fancy at once; and if he has failed in some of his flights, it was but because he attempted every thing. Alexander Pope, Iliad. Preface to the.

   Strange graces still, and stranger flights she had;
   Was just not ugly, and was just not mad. Alexander Pope, Epistle ii.

   Trust me, dear! good humour can prevail,
   When airs and flights, and screams and scolding fail. Alexander Pope.

   10. Excursion on the wing.

   If there were any certain height where the flights of ambition end, one might imagine that the interest of France were but to conserve its present greatness. William Temple.

   It is not only the utmost pitch of impiety, but the highest flight of folly, to deride these things. John Tillotson, Sermon 2.

   11. The power of flying.

   In my school-days, when I had lost one shaft,
   I shot his fellow of the self-same flight
   The self-same way. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Flight

   Flight or flying is the process by which an object moves through a space without contacting any planetary surface, either within an atmosphere (i.e. air flight or aviation) or through the vacuum of outer space (i.e. spaceflight). This can be achieved by generating aerodynamic lift associated with gliding or propulsive thrust, aerostatically using buoyancy, or by ballistic movement. Many things can fly, from animal aviators such as birds, bats and insects, to natural gliders/parachuters such as patagial animals, anemochorous seeds and ballistospores, to human inventions like aircraft (airplanes, helicopters, airships, balloons, etc.) and rockets which may propel spacecraft and spaceplanes. The engineering aspects of flight are the purview of aerospace engineering which is subdivided into aeronautics, the study of vehicles that travel through the atmosphere, and astronautics, the study of vehicles that travel through space, and ballistics, the study of the flight of projectiles.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Flightnoun

   the act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying

2. Flightnoun

   the act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape or expected evil; hasty departure

3. Flightnoun

   lofty elevation and excursion;a mounting; a soa/ing; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly

4. Flightnoun

   a number of beings or things passing through the air together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company; the birds that fly or migrate together; the birds produced in one season; as, a flight of arrows

5. Flightnoun

   a series of steps or stairs from one landing to another

6. Flightnoun

   a kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft

7. Flightnoun

   the husk or glume of oats

8. Etymology: [AS. fliht, flyht, a flying, fr. flegan to fly; cf. flyht a fleeing, fr. flen to flee, G. flucht a fleeing, Sw. flykt, G. flug a flying, Sw. flygt, D. vlugt a fleeing or flying, Dan. flugt. 84. See Flee, Fly.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Flight

   Flight is the process by which an object moves, through an atmosphere or beyond it, by generating aerodynamic lift, propulsive thrust, aerostatically using buoyancy, or by ballistic movement, without direct support from any surface. Many things fly, from natural aviators such as birds, bats and insects to human inventions such as missiles, aircraft such as airplanes, helicopters and balloons, to rockets such as spacecraft. The engineering aspects of flight are studied in aerospace engineering which is subdivided into aeronautics, the study of vehicles that travel through the air, and astronautics, the study of vehicles that travel through space, and in ballistics, the study of the flight of projectiles.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Flight

   flīt, n. a passing through the air: a soaring: excursion: a sally: a series of steps: a flock of birds flying together: the birds produced in the same season: a volley or shower: act of fleeing: hasty removal.—adj. Flight′ed (Milt.), flying.—adv. Flight′ily.—n. Flight′iness.—adj. Flight′y, fanciful: changeable: giddy. [A.S. flyht—fléogan.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. flight

   1. In Navy and Marine Corps usage, a specified group of aircraft usually engaged in a common mission. 2. The basic tactical unit in the Air Force, consisting of four or more aircraft in two or more elements. 3. A single aircraft airborne on a nonoperational mission.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. flight

   A Dutch vessel or passage-boat on canals. In ship-building, a sudden rising, or a greater curve than sheer, at the cheeks, cat-heads, &c.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. flight

   Is used figuratively for the swift retreat of an army or any party from a victorious enemy. It is likewise applicable to missile weapons or shot; as, a flight of arrows, a flight of bombs, etc.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. flight

   The act and process of to fly.

   The flight time was accurate and they arrived before the expected time.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020  

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'flight' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1972

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'flight' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4052

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'flight' in Nouns Frequency: #735

How to pronounce flight?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say flight in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of flight in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of flight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of flight in a Sentence

1. Mouaz Moustafa:

   You had maybe four or five people that were trying to subdue him while the flight attendant was kind of trying to knock him out by bashing him repeatedly on the head with the coffee pot over and over again until he was finally down; there was blood, everything, and people still had to pin him down until we landed.

2. Plato:

   Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything. It is the essence of order, and leads to all that is god, just, and beautiful, of which it is the invisible, but never less, dazzaling, passionate, and eternal form.

3. Tim Lambert:

   And as I would visit the site over the years, I just always got into a habit of looking down because you would always find a reminder of Flight 93. The site would always tell a story of Flight 93.

4. Jaclyn Rothenberg:

   The flight attendant made that announcement on his own thinking he was helping, we did not ask him to do that.

5. Andrew Brown:

   When weighing the degree of force used, a prosecutor must pay careful attention to the facts and circumstances of each particular case including the severity of the crime at issue, whether the suspect poses an immediate threat to the safety of officers or others, and whether he is actively resisting arrest or attempting to evade arrest by flight, i find the facts of this case clearly illustrate the officers who used deadly force on Andrew Brown Jr. did so reasonably and only when a violent felon used a deadly weapon to place their lives in danger.

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