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outflight en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English outflight, out fliȝt, equivalent to out- + flight. Cognate with Dutch uitvlucht (“evasion, excuse”), German Ausflucht (“escape”), Swedish utflykt (“excursion”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of flying out.
   • He did not report whether any bats remained in the roost after the outflight. 1979, Hugh H. Genoways, Robert J. Baker, Biological Investigations in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas:
2. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of fleeing.
3. (countable, uncountable) Outward movement or exiting.
   • Inflation increases capital outflight which diminishes the availability of funds for domestic investment. 1990, André Fargeix, Elisabeth Sadoulet, A Financial Computable General Equilibrium Model for the Analysis of Ecuador's Stabilization Programs:

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Antonyms

inflight