English Explanatory Dictionary

flight

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of flying.
  2. An instance of flying.
  3. A collective term for doves or swallows.
  4. A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
  5. A series of stairs between landings.
  6. A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
  7. A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
  8. The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
  9. A paper airplane.
  10. The movement of a spinning ball through the air, with its speed, trajectory and drift.
  11. The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
  12. An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
adj
  1. Fast, swift, fleet.
verb
  1. To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual.
  2. To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or airtime than usual.
noun
  1. The act of fleeing.

Pronunciation

/ˈflaɪ̯t/ [ˈflaɪ̯t] en-us-flight.ogg /ˈflɐɪ̯t/ [ˈflɐɪ̯t] /ˈflʌɪ̯t/ [ˈflʌɪ̯t] /ˈfləɪ̯t/ [ˈfləɪ̯t] /ˈflɜɪ̯t/ [ˈflɜɪ̯t] /ˈflɑɪ̯t/ [ˈflɑ̟ɪ̯t] /ˈflɒɪ̯t/ [ˈflɒ̈ɪ̯t] en-au-flight.ogg /ˈflaːt/ [ˈflaːt]

Word forms

flight flights more flight most flight flighting flighted

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi Proto-Germanic *fleuganą Proto-West Germanic *fleugan Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-West Germanic *-þi Proto-West Germanic *fluhti Old English flyht Middle English flight English flight 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).

Related words

fly flee

Derived words

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