flight
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6.7
- noun
- /flaɪt/
- Literature
:
vuelo de la imaginación
- There is a flight, but it is a flight from common sense.
- a flight of fancy
- a flight of imagination
- a flight from reality
Yes, flight born of wonder or flight born of curiosity.
- Yes, flight born of wonder or flight born of curiosity.
- A grandiose or arrogant word salad will sound like a flight of fancy.
- But the, the, the English speaking world has always been very empirical and not really given to tremendous flights of fancy.
Examples
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I have achieved flights of the mind and flights of the psyche unknown in ordinary human relationships.
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You alone can make my song take flight
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People only choose flight because they just want to feel it.
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Yes, flight born of wonder or flight born of curiosity.
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But in the seminar room and in print, there is a flight from science.
Academic text (1995) -
I am not given to flights of fancy, but I know Kevin is hurt.
Fiction book (1996) -
So yeah, I mean, these these bizarre ideas are not just flights of fantasy.
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The cost of a round-trip flight to a developing country can be prohibitive.
Academic text (2008) -
Fortunately, we don't need "manned" space flights to inspire the citizenry with the wonders of space exploration.
Academic text (1992) -
Her imagination took flight as she envisioned a world where anything was possible.
Synonyms
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7.4
An imaginative idea that is unlikely to be true or useful
Idioms
Compounds
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3.2
A person who looks after passengers on an airplane and keeps them safe and comfortable
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3.4
A flight with a stop where you change planes to reach your final destination
- Specialized
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3.5
A machine on the ground that copies the feeling of flying a plane for training
- Specialized
3
4.8
A crew member who checks and runs a plane's engines and systems during a trip
- Specialized
3
6.0
An area at an airport where planes are parked and worked on before flying
- Specialized
1
4.1
A computer system on a plane or drone that automatically keeps it steady and guides it
- Specialized
A simple place where planes land without airport buildings for emergencies or military landings
- Informal
A very frightening plane trip that makes people on board feel scared
How Imaginative
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flight of fancy uses the image of flight as going away from the ground; it means the mind 'flies' into imagination, so the phrase describes ideas that move away from plain facts.