flight
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1.0
- noun
- /flaɪt/
- We need to arrive at the airport early to check in for our flight.
- nonstop flights
- flight schedule
- flight attendant
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Watch on YouTubeSo we might not have flights to Vietnam today.
- So we might not have flights to Vietnam today.
- They said no but we had the flight, we had the hotel.
- We met on a flight to to England.
- I literally slept the whole flight except for the last hour.
- So I'm just checking some flights and dreaming a little bit.
- I'm just kidding because on his flight home he tweeted this.
- So I just bought the flights and now we're going to Greece.
- But in that trip back in the flight back, I decided hell no.
- This is my first flight and I'm, I'm nervous.
- So on the way there, our flight got delayed multiple times.
- I'm literally being driven to my next flight in this fancy BMW.
- Now on Friday, I my flight was delayed by two hours.
- It's like the craziest flight seating ever.
- We the first time in my hundreds of flights, I missed my flight.
- Mall was still buying his own flights, his own hotels.
- And I never forget going on my first flight in that aircraft.
- Is it the overnight flight from Europe to Eastern?
- So I arranged to get a flight home and I did.
Examples
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It's a shame she missed her flight...
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I literally slept the whole flight except for the last hour.
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We met on a flight to to England.
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As soon as we got off the flight, my man was off.
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And, not to mention, our client's flight just took off for Japan.
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On Friday morning, my flight with El Al was to take off at 8 a.m.
Academic text (2015) -
So on the way there, our flight got delayed multiple times.
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Have a safe flight.
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Mac and Annabel were early for their flight and settled into the Clipper Club at the airport.
Fiction book (1990) -
If the traveler needs to use their CPAP during the flight, they must notify the airline before travel.
Academic text (2012)
Idioms
Compounds
101
3.2
A person who looks after passengers on an airplane and keeps them safe and comfortable
10
3.4
A flight with a stop where you change planes to reach your final destination
- Specialized
6
3.5
A machine on the ground that copies the feeling of flying a plane for training
- Specialized
5
4.1
A computer system on a plane or drone that automatically keeps it steady and guides it
- Specialized
5
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
- Informal
1
8.6
A very frightening plane trip that makes people on board feel scared
- Specialized
1
7.2
A simple place where planes land without airport buildings for emergencies or military landings
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Flight comes from the old English idea fly meaning 'move through the air'. So a plane's flight is a trip where you 'fly' from one place to another.