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flight en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈflʌɪ̯t/
  • /ˈflɜɪ̯t/
  • [ˈflɑ̟ɪ̯t] (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • [ˈflɜɪ̯t]
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈflɒɪ̯t/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • [ˈflɒ̈ɪ̯t] (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈflɐɪ̯t/
  • [ˈfləɪ̯t]
  • [ˈflɐɪ̯t]
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈflaɪ̯t/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈflʌɪ̯t]
  • [ˈflaɪ̯t] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈflaːt/ Inland South, General South African, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
  • /ˈflɑɪ̯t/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • [ˈflaːt] Inland South, General South African, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
  • /ˈfləɪ̯t/

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).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) Fast, swift, fleet.

Forms

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most flight Degree=Sup lexicographic

flight en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈflʌɪ̯t/
  • /ˈflɜɪ̯t/
  • [ˈflɑ̟ɪ̯t] (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • [ˈflɜɪ̯t]
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈflɒɪ̯t/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • [ˈflɒ̈ɪ̯t] (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈflɐɪ̯t/
  • [ˈfləɪ̯t]
  • [ˈflɐɪ̯t]
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈflaɪ̯t/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈflʌɪ̯t]
  • [ˈflaɪ̯t] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈflaːt/ Inland South, General South African, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
  • /ˈflɑɪ̯t/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • [ˈflaːt] Inland South, General South African, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
  • /ˈfləɪ̯t/

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).

Meanings

  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.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The act of flying; the ability to fly. ▸ An instance of flying.
    • The migrating birds' flight took them to Africa.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The act of flying; the ability to fly. ▸ 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) The act of flying; the ability to fly. ▸ A swift movement, especially as to escape; an escape.
    • The judge thought she was a flight risk.
    • The lizard's immediate flight when startled makes it hard to catch.
  5. (countable, uncountable) 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 flight to Paris leaves at 7 o'clock tonight.
    • Where is the departure gate for flight 747? / Go straight down and to the right.
    • He is taking the 5 o' clock flight to London in the morning.
  6. (countable, uncountable) 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.
    • He boarded the flight to Miami.
  7. (countable, uncountable) 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.
  8. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) The act of flying; the ability to fly. ▸ An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
    • a flight of fancy; a flight of the imagination
  9. (countable, uncountable) A surface that aids in an item's purpose ▸ 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, […] c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 164:
  10. (countable, uncountable) A surface that aids in an item's purpose ▸ An aerodynamic surface designed to guide a projectile's trajectory.
  11. (countable, uncountable) A surface that aids in an item's purpose ▸ The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
  12. (collective, countable, qualifier:air force, uncountable) A thing that flies or moves as if in flight ▸ An air force unit, ranked below a squadron, comprising several planes and their crews.
  13. (US, countable, uncountable) 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.
  14. (collective, countable, uncountable) A thing that flies or moves as if in flight ▸ A group of birds, especially doves (pigeons), goshawks or swallows.
    • 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. 1901, J. W. Willis-Bund and H. Arthur Doubleday, editor, A History of Worcestershire, page 160:
    • 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. 1919 November, “Church Spires”, in Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review, volume 102, page 851:
    • During the winter of 1906-07 a great flight of Goshawks appeared in the northern and eastern States. 1912, Edward Howe Forbush, Herbert Keightley Job, A History of the Game Birds, Wild-fowl and Shore Birds of Massachusetts and Adjacent States, Wright & Potter Printing Company, page 381:
    • 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. 1899 May 20, J. S. Van Cleef, “The Wild Pigeons”, in Forest and Stream, volume 52, Forest and Stream Publishing Company, page 885:
    • a flight of swallows
  15. (collective, countable, uncountable) A thing that flies or moves as if in flight ▸ A group of angels or types of angels, e.g., seraphim, cherubim.
    • 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. 1915 April, Eugene B. Hagar, “Annual Meeting, April 1915”, in Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Massachusetts Historical Society, page 361:
    • To him the lightning was the sigh of an angel king and the sun was a flight of seraphim. 1915, The Poetry Review, “Mysticism in Verse”, in The Living Age, volume 286, Littell, Son and Company, page 425:
    • 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 1893, Charles Godfrey Leland, “Florentine Pictures”, in Pall Mall Magazine, page 227:
    • 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. 1904, Max Rooses, Rubens, volume 2, Duckworth & Company, page 431:
    • The central figure in the painting is a young woman, surrounded by a flight of angels.
  16. (countable, uncountable) A thing that flies or moves as if in flight ▸ A paper airplane.
  17. (countable, uncountable) A segment of a whole ▸ A series of stairs between landings.
    • 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. 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 84:
    • 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. 1958 May 14, W. J. South and L. Hyland, “Limerick as a Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 297:
  18. (countable, uncountable) A segment of a whole ▸ A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
    • How many flights up is it?
  19. (countable, uncountable) A segment of a whole ▸ 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.
    • The flight of terraces extended up fifty meters from the base.
  20. (countable, uncountable) A segment of a whole ▸ A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
  21. (countable, uncountable) A segment of a whole ▸ A group of competitors, divided by ability or other factors.
    • The competing sprinters were divided into several flights.
  22. (broadly, countable, uncountable) 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.
  23. (broadly, countable, uncountable) 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.
    • 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. 2006, Pat Fallon, Fred Senn, Juicing the Orange, page 34:

Forms

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flights Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

flight risk · flight interruption manifest · flightcraft · flightiness · flight ticket · time-of-flight mass spectrometry · flight director · flightless · flight jacket · first flight cover · flight recorder · flight nurse · flight attendant · aflight · flight time · flight of beers · flight sequence · autoflight · foreflight · flight controller · flight number · white flight · flight sickness · male flight · flight archery · stairflight · flightseeing · fini flight · fight-or-flight · hydroflight · inflight · flightworthy · flight path · flight lieutenant · Lévy flight · flight-shot · flight level · flightling · flight plan · flight feather · black flight · flight information region · flight code · flight control · topflight · preflight · flight line · flight envelope · flight-specific · flight of earls · top-flight · flight data recorder · controlled flight into terrain · flight stewardess · flight status · bush flight · Pindaric flight · bus-stop flight · multiflight · life-flight · flight dispatcher · flight mode · beer flight · flightmare · flight capital · flightful · nonflight · flightsome · flight crew · first flight · flight instrument · paraflight · fight or flight · death flight · time-of-flight · midflight · overflight · spaceflight · flighty · flight of fancy · in-flight · flight ceiling · reflight · outflight · top flight · wine flight · flight of ideas · flight suit · co-flight · flight engineer · moonflight · flight square · electronic flight bag · in flight · time of flight · flightcase · flight sock · postflight · flight of beer · flight hostess · flight bubble · ghost flight · fam flight · flight deck · take flight

Hyponyms

test flight · red-eye flight · space flight · controlled flight into terrain · maiden flight · direct flight · dark flight · spaceflight

Relateds

fly

Synonyms

flock

Translations (277)

bg по́лет (act of flying) · gd staidhre (set of stairs) · fr vol (instance of flying) · ru полёт (journey made by an aircraft) · sv flight (journey made by an aircraft) · ro zbor (instance of flying) · th การบิน (journey made by an aircraft) · hy թռիչք (journey made by an aircraft) · ia volo (act of flying) · nb styrefjær (feather on an arrow) · kmr firr (act of flying) · sk let (journey made by an aircraft) · ka ფრენა (journey made by an aircraft) · pt voo (act of flying) · sl jata (group of doves or swallows) · fi portaikko (set of stairs) · hy թռիչք (act of flying) · nb fjær (feather on an arrow) · lt skrydis (journey made by an aircraft) · pl stado (group of doves or swallows) · mk лет (act of flying) · fi lento (act of flying) · ja 便 (journey made by an aircraft) · nl vlucht (journey made by an aircraft) · gsw Schtäge (set of stairs) · it rampa (set of stairs) · nb flytur (journey made by an aircraft) · tpi balus (act of flying) · gl voo (act of flying) · sd اڏام (journey made by an aircraft) · nb papirfly (paper plane) · tr uçuş (journey made by an aircraft) · uk згра́я (group of doves or swallows) · mk јато (group of doves or swallows) · uz uchish (journey made by an aircraft) · it fuga (act of flying) · ja 飛行 (journey made by an aircraft) · sv trapplöp (set of stairs) · ang flyht (act of flying) · tg парвоз (journey made by an aircraft) · ca ram (set of stairs) · uk рейс (journey made by an aircraft) · es vuelo (instance of flying) · hu repülés (act of flying) · pl lot (journey made by an aircraft) · pms volà (act of flying) · el πτήση (instance of flying) · sh lȇt (act of flying) · fi vakain (aerodynamic surface) · ru перелёт (journey made by an aircraft) · de Treppenflucht (set of stairs) · fi lentue (air force unit) · be палёт (journey made by an aircraft) · la agmen (group of doves or swallows) · he פְּרִיחָה (act of flying) · uk полі́т (act of flying) · grc πτῆσις (act of flying) · fi paperilennokki (paper plane) · cs let (journey made by an aircraft) · es tramo (set of stairs) · izh lento (instance of flying) · rm svoul (act of flying) · hy չվերթ (journey made by an aircraft) · ro zburare (act of flying) · gl voo (journey made by an aircraft) · el σμήνος (group of doves or swallows) · fi lento (journey made by an aircraft) · la fuga (instance of flying) · nl vliegen (act of flying) · sv flyg (act of flying) · bn উড়ান (journey made by an aircraft) · ru полёт (instance of flying) · be лёт (act of flying) · uk полі́т (journey made by an aircraft) · nn flyging (instance of flying) · fr escadrille (air force unit) · mn нислэг (journey made by an aircraft) · vi chuyến bay (act of flying) · pt andar (floor of building) · tpi flai (instance of flying) · fr vol (journey made by an aircraft) · be згра́я (group of doves or swallows) · ru перелёт (instance of flying) · da flugt (journey made by an aircraft) · sk let (instance of flying) · ru пролёт (set of stairs) · hi परवाज़ (act of flying) · nb flyreise (journey made by an aircraft) · it volo (instance of flying) · sc volu (act of flying) · bg лете́не (instance of flying) · az uçuş (journey made by an aircraft) · he עוֹפְפוּת (act of flying) · ota پرواز (instance of flying) · tpi flai (act of flying) · de Flug (act of flying) · uk прогоно́ва будо́ва (floor of building) · fr vol (act of flying) · ca vol (act of flying) · pt bando (group of doves or swallows) · cy hediad (act of flying) · be палёт (act of flying) · be палёт (instance of flying) · fur svol (act of flying) · it fuga (instance of flying) · he טִיסָה (journey made by an aircraft) · el πτήση (journey made by an aircraft) · mn нислэг (act of flying) · ja(instance of flying) · mk лет (instance of flying) · cs let (instance of flying) · gd itealaich (journey made by an aircraft) · nn flyreise (journey made by an aircraft) · ur طَیران (act of flying) · pt voo (journey made by an aircraft) · nb flyging (instance of flying) · ur اُڑان (act of flying) · vec zólo (act of flying) · pl lot (act of flying) · it volo (act of flying) · ur پَرْواز (journey made by an aircraft) · nn flyging (act of flying) · lo ການບິນ (journey made by an aircraft) · cmn 飛行 /飞行 (journey made by an aircraft) · oc vòl (act of flying) · nb flokk (group of doves or swallows) · es vuelo (journey made by an aircraft) · rm sgol (act of flying) · sl letenje (act of flying) · gl voo (instance of flying) · fa-ira پَرْواز (journey made by an aircraft) · cmn 飛行 /飞行 (act of flying) · th การบิน (act of flying) · mk лет (journey made by an aircraft) · gl escaleira (set of stairs) · pap buelo (act of flying) · it volo (journey made by an aircraft) · ko 비행 (act of flying) · cs podlaží (floor of building) · id penerbangan (journey made by an aircraft) · uk перелі́т (instance of flying) · bg я́то (group of doves or swallows) · la volatus (instance of flying) · fi lentäminen (act of flying) · fi sulka (feather on an arrow) · gd itealaich (instance of flying) · el πτήση (act of flying) · is flug (journey made by an aircraft) · yi קורס (journey made by an aircraft) · fi raput (set of stairs) · or ଉଡାଣ (act of flying) · cs patro (floor of building) · la volatus (journey made by an aircraft) · he גֶּרֶם (set of stairs) · yi פֿלי (act of flying) · pms vol (act of flying) · fi kerros (floor of building) · tr uçuş (act of flying) · pt voo (instance of flying) · he טִיסָה (act of flying) · sl roj (group of doves or swallows) · hi उड़ान (instance of flying) · nb flyvning (instance of flying) · ota پرواز (act of flying) · kk ұшу (journey made by an aircraft) · lv lidošana (act of flying) · vi bay (journey made by an aircraft) · sc bolu (act of flying) · gl esqueiro (set of stairs) · ja(act of flying) · mi rerenga (instance of flying) · uk полі́т (instance of flying) · ja 飛行 (act of flying) · bn উড়ান (act of flying) · sv flyg (journey made by an aircraft) · fi lento (cricket: movement of a spinning ball through the air) · ru ста́я (group of doves or swallows) · ar طَيَرَان (journey made by an aircraft) · fi lentorata (ballistic trajectory) · fr envolée (episode of imaginative thinking) · ru полёт (act of flying) · cmn 飛 /飞 (act of flying) · lt skridimas (act of flying) · vi chuyến bay (journey made by an aircraft) · tet semo (act of flying) · la planities (floor of building) · nb bane (ballistic trajectory) · ja 飛行隊 (air force unit) · ms penerbangan (journey made by an aircraft) · km ការហោះហើរ (journey made by an aircraft) · eo ŝtuparo (set of stairs) · ro zbor (act of flying) · it piano (floor of building) · cs let (act of flying) · nb flyvning (journey made by an aircraft) · ko 항공편 (journey made by an aircraft) · it scalinata (set of stairs) · it stormo (group of doves or swallows) · hu járat (instance of flying) · fa-ira پَرْواز (act of flying) · da flyvning (act of flying) · la volatus (act of flying) · de Flug (instance of flying) · az uçuş (act of flying) · be рэйс (journey made by an aircraft) · fi lento (instance of flying) · zza perayış (act of flying) · fr volée (set of stairs) · ru рейс (journey made by an aircraft) · sq fluturim (journey made by an aircraft) · tl lipaw (journey made by an aircraft) · sh lȇt (journey made by an aircraft) · lv lidojums (act of flying) · ko 날기 (instance of flying) · nb flyvning (act of flying) · ky учуу (journey made by an aircraft) · mi rerenga (journey made by an aircraft) · fr dégustation (sample glasses of a specific beverage) · ar تَحْلِيق (act of flying) · ga eitilt (journey made by an aircraft) · mk ле́тање (instance of flying) · be лёт (instance of flying) · ko 비행 (journey made by an aircraft) · nn flytur (journey made by an aircraft) · cs hejno (group of doves or swallows) · cmn 航班 (journey made by an aircraft) · ar طَيَرَان (act of flying) · bn উড়ান (instance of flying) · gd itealaich (act of flying) · eo flugo (act of flying) · tpn bebé (act of flying) · pl lot (instance of flying) · he עִיפָה (act of flying) · cy hediad (journey made by an aircraft) · th การบิน (instance of flying) · de Flug (journey made by an aircraft) · ja フライト (journey made by an aircraft) · uk прогі́н (set of stairs) · nb flyging (act of flying) · ko 날기 (act of flying) · fi parvi (group of doves or swallows) · cs letka (air force unit) · ca tram (set of stairs) · bg по́лет (journey made by an aircraft) · fi portaat (set of stairs) · hu lépcsősor (set of stairs) · tr uçma (act of flying) · tpi balus (instance of flying) · hu repülőjárat (journey made by an aircraft) · ja 航空隊 (air force unit) · hi उड़ान (act of flying) · sv trapplopp (set of stairs) · bg стъ́лбище (set of stairs) · sk kŕdeľ (group of doves or swallows) · ur پَرْواز (act of flying) · cs rameno (set of stairs) · sk let (act of flying) · sh ле̑т (journey made by an aircraft) · th เที่ยวบิน (journey made by an aircraft) · pt lance (set of stairs) · lv lidojums (journey made by an aircraft) · mi rerenga (act of flying) · sh ле̑т (act of flying) · la turma (group of doves or swallows) · ru пролёт (floor of building) · uz parvoz (journey made by an aircraft) · gd ealt (group of doves or swallows) · uk прогі́н (floor of building) · hy թռիչք (instance of flying) · ka გაფრენა (act of flying) · lt skrydis (act of flying) · sl let (journey made by an aircraft) · nl vlucht (act of flying) · hi उड़ान (journey made by an aircraft) · de Treppenlauf (set of stairs) · pl bieg (set of stairs) · es vuelo (act of flying)

flight en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈflʌɪ̯t/
  • /ˈflɜɪ̯t/
  • [ˈflɑ̟ɪ̯t] (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • [ˈflɜɪ̯t]
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈflɒɪ̯t/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • [ˈflɒ̈ɪ̯t] (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈflɐɪ̯t/
  • [ˈfləɪ̯t]
  • [ˈflɐɪ̯t]
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈflaɪ̯t/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈflʌɪ̯t]
  • [ˈflaɪ̯t] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈflaːt/ Inland South, General South African, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
  • /ˈflɑɪ̯t/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • [ˈflaːt] Inland South, General South African, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
  • /ˈfləɪ̯t/

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).

Meanings

  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. 2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian:

Forms

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flighted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
flighted Tense=Past lexicographic
flights Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
flighting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

flight en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈflʌɪ̯t/
  • /ˈflɜɪ̯t/
  • [ˈflɑ̟ɪ̯t] (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • [ˈflɜɪ̯t]
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈflɒɪ̯t/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • [ˈflɒ̈ɪ̯t] (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈflɐɪ̯t/
  • [ˈfləɪ̯t]
  • [ˈflɐɪ̯t]
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈflaɪ̯t/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈflʌɪ̯t]
  • [ˈflaɪ̯t] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈflaːt/ Inland South, General South African, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
  • /ˈflɑɪ̯t/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • [ˈflaːt] Inland South, General South African, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
  • /ˈfləɪ̯t/

Etymology

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).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of fleeing.
    • 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. 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
    • take flight
    • the flight of a refugee
    • 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. 1859, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia, page 1:

Forms

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Deriveds

white flight · fight-or-flight · black flight · capital flight

Relateds

flee

Translations (79)

bn ফেরার (act of fleeing) · da flugt (act of fleeing) · pl ucieczka (act of fleeing) · gl fuxida (act of fleeing) · sl beg (act of fleeing) · mk бег (act of fleeing) · es huida (act of fleeing) · cmn 逃離 /逃离 (act of fleeing) · mi taui (act of fleeing) · nl vlucht (act of fleeing) · pt fugida (act of fleeing) · hy փախուստ (act of fleeing) · oc fuga (act of fleeing) · ar هُرُوب (act of fleeing) · ko 탈출 (act of fleeing) · sv flykt (act of fleeing) · ang flēam (act of fleeing) · scn fujuta (act of fleeing) · grc φυγή (act of fleeing) · cmn 逃跑 (act of fleeing) · sk útek (act of fleeing) · az qaçış (act of fleeing) · el φυγή (act of fleeing) · tg гурез (act of fleeing) · nl ontsnappen (act of fleeing) · ro fugă (act of fleeing) · zza firar (act of fleeing) · ast fuga (act of fleeing) · nb flukt (act of fleeing) · gu પલાયન (act of fleeing) · rup fudziri (act of fleeing) · la fuga (act of fleeing) · gl fuga (act of fleeing) · eo fuĝo (act of fleeing) · ar فِرَار (act of fleeing) · pt fuga (act of fleeing) · it fuga (act of fleeing) · tg фирор (act of fleeing) · tr kaçış (act of fleeing) · scn fujitina (act of fleeing) · mk бегство (act of fleeing) · de Flucht (act of fleeing) · bg бя́гство (act of fleeing) · fa-ira گُریز (act of fleeing) · sh бије̑г (act of fleeing) · ur فَرار (act of fleeing) · la effugium (act of fleeing) · es fuga (act of fleeing) · cmn 逃脫 /逃脱 (act of fleeing) · sh bijȇg (act of fleeing) · ca fugida (act of fleeing) · fa-ira فَرار (act of fleeing) · sh бјѐкство (act of fleeing) · be уцёкі (act of fleeing) · ca fuga (act of fleeing) · bn পলায়ন (act of fleeing) · mi kaireretanga (act of fleeing) · fr fuite (act of fleeing) · ru побе́г (act of fleeing) · el φόβος (act of fleeing) · hi पलायन (act of fleeing) · tr firar (act of fleeing) · eo fuĝoj (act of fleeing) · ar هَرَب (act of fleeing) · fi pako (act of fleeing) · cs úprk (act of fleeing) · pa ਪਲਾਇਣ (act of fleeing) · ast fuxida (act of fleeing) · ru бе́гство (act of fleeing) · rup fugã (act of fleeing) · sh bjèkstvo (act of fleeing) · uk вте́ча (act of fleeing) · ja 脱出 (act of fleeing) · hu menekülés (act of fleeing) · cs útěk (act of fleeing) · pdt Flucht (act of fleeing) · ga teitheadh (act of fleeing) · sh бѐкство (act of fleeing) · sh bèkstvo (act of fleeing)