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flight¹

  • /ˈflaɪ̯t/ US, UK
  • [ˈflaɪ̯t] US, UK
  • /ˈflɐɪ̯t/
  • [ˈflɐɪ̯t]
  • /ˈflʌɪ̯t/
  • [ˈflʌɪ̯t]
  • /ˈfləɪ̯t/
  • [ˈfləɪ̯t]
  • /ˈflɜɪ̯t/
  • [ˈflɜɪ̯t]
  • /ˈflɑɪ̯t/ Australia, New Zealand
  • [ˈflɑ̟ɪ̯t] Australia, New Zealand
  • /ˈflɒɪ̯t/ Australia, New Zealand
  • [ˈflɒ̈ɪ̯t] Australia, New Zealand
  • /ˈflaːt/
  • [ˈflaːt]

Rhymes with -aɪt

Where it comes from

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).

Cognate with West Frisian flecht (“flight”), Dutch vlucht (“flight”), German Flucht (“flight”) (etymology 2).

noun flights

  1. countable, uncountable The act of flying; the ability to fly. Most birds are capable of flight.
  2. countable, uncountable An instance of flying. The migrating birds' flight took them to Africa.
  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.
  4. countable, uncountable A swift movement, especially as to escape; an escape. The lizard's immediate flight when startled makes it hard to catch.
  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.
  6. countable, uncountable The aircraft used in a journey through air or space. He boarded the flight to Miami.
  7. 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. countable, uncountable The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path. 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, […]
  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. collective, countable, uncountable An air force unit, ranked below a squadron, comprising several planes and their crews.
  13. US, countable, uncountable A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design.
  14. collective, countable, uncountable A group of birds, especially doves (pigeons), goshawks or swallows. a flight of swallows

    Similar: flock

  15. collective, countable, uncountable A group of angels or types of angels, e.g., seraphim, cherubim. The central figure in the painting is a young woman, surrounded by a flight of angels.
  16. countable, uncountable A paper airplane.
  17. countable, uncountable A series of stairs between landings. 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.
  18. countable, uncountable A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators. How many flights up is it?
  19. countable, uncountable A level of a terrace; a series of such levels making up a terrace. I'll start on the lowest flight of the terrace, you start at the top.
  20. countable, uncountable A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
  21. countable, uncountable A group of competitors, divided by ability or other factors. The competing sprinters were divided into several flights.
  22. broadly, countable, uncountable A comparable sample of beers or other drinks.
  23. broadly, countable, uncountable A series of small dishes of food united by a purpose, category, etc. a flight of canapés, a flight of sliders
  24. countable, uncountable An advertising campaign of fixed length. 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 more flight · most flight

  1. obsolete Fast, swift, fleet.

verb flights · flighting · flighted

  1. of a spin bowler To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual.
  2. broadly, transitive To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or airtime than usual. 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.

flight²

  • /ˈflaɪ̯t/ US, UK
  • [ˈflaɪ̯t] US, UK
  • /ˈflɐɪ̯t/
  • [ˈflɐɪ̯t]
  • /ˈflʌɪ̯t/
  • [ˈflʌɪ̯t]
  • /ˈfləɪ̯t/
  • [ˈfləɪ̯t]
  • /ˈflɜɪ̯t/
  • [ˈflɜɪ̯t]
  • /ˈflɑɪ̯t/ Australia, New Zealand
  • [ˈflɑ̟ɪ̯t] Australia, New Zealand
  • /ˈflɒɪ̯t/ Australia, New Zealand
  • [ˈflɒ̈ɪ̯t] Australia, New Zealand
  • /ˈflaːt/
  • [ˈflaːt]

Rhymes with -aɪt

Where it comes from

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).

noun flights

  1. countable, uncountable The act of fleeing. take flight

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: flying, trajectory, escape, fledge, midair, mid-air, inflight, in-flight, aerial, takeoff, airlift, airforce, aircraft, jet, landing, aeroplane

Translations

Every language

noun act of flying

Españolvuelo
한국어날기 nalgi, 비행 bihaeng
日本語飛 tobi, 飛行 hikō
中文飛行 /飞行 fēixíng, 飛 /飞 fēi
हिन्दीउड़ान uṛān, परवाज़ parvāz
Portuguêsvoo
Françaisvol
DeutschFlug
Italianovolo, fuga
Ελληνικάπτήση ptísi
Românăzbor, zburare
Русскийполёт poljót
Tiếng Việtchuyến bay
العربيةطَيَرَان ṭayarān, تَحْلِيق taḥlīq
עבריתטִיסָה tisá, עִיפָה 'ifá, עוֹפְפוּת 'of'fút, פְּרִיחָה p'rikhá

noun journey made by an aircraft

Españolvuelo
한국어비행 bihaeng, 항공편 hanggongpyeon
日本語フライト furaito, 飛行 hikō, 便 bin
中文飛行 /飞行 fēixíng, 航班 hángbān
हिन्दीउड़ान uṛān
Portuguêsvoo
Françaisvol
DeutschFlug
Italianovolo
Ελληνικάπτήση ptísi
Русскийполёт poljót, перелёт pereljót, рейс rejs
Tiếng Việtbay, chuyến bay
العربيةطَيَرَان ṭayarān
עבריתטִיסָה tisá

noun sample glasses of a specific beverage

Françaisdégustation

noun instance of flying

Españolvuelo
한국어날기 nalgi
日本語飛 tobi
हिन्दीउड़ान uṛān
Portuguêsvoo
Françaisvol
DeutschFlug
Italianovolo, fuga
Ελληνικάπτήση ptísi
Românăzbor
Русскийполёт poljót, перелёт pereljót

noun episode of imaginative thinking

Françaisenvolée

noun air force unit

日本語航空隊 kōkutai, 飛行隊 hikōtai
Françaisescadrille

noun group of doves or swallows

Portuguêsbando
Italianostormo
Ελληνικάσμήνος smínos
Русскийста́я stája

noun set of stairs

Españoltramo
Portuguêslance
Françaisvolée
DeutschTreppenlauf, Treppenflucht
Italianorampa, scalinata
Русскийпролёт proljót
עבריתגֶּרֶם gérem

noun floor of building

Portuguêsandar
Italianopiano
Русскийпролёт proljót

noun act of fleeing

Españolfuga, huida
한국어탈출 talchul
日本語脱出 dasshutsu
中文逃離 /逃离 táolí, 逃跑 táopǎo, 逃脫 /逃脱 táotuō
हिन्दीपलायन palāyan
Portuguêsfuga, fugida
Françaisfuite
DeutschFlucht
Italianofuga
Ελληνικάφόβος fóvos, φυγή fygí
Românăfugă
Русскийпобе́г pobég, бе́гство bégstvo
العربيةفِرَار firār, هُرُوب hurūb, هَرَب harab

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@misc{flight_2026,
  title = {flight},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flight},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}