flightnoun
uk/flaɪt/us/flaɪt/flight noun (JOURNEY)
A2 [ C ] a journey in an aircraft:
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- Passengers are requested to check in two hours before the flight.
- If the flight is late, we'll miss our connection.
- Welcome aboard flight BA345 to Tokyo.
- I wonder if you could help me - I'd like some information about flights to New Zealand.
- Have you had any luck with booking your flight?
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Journeys
- adventure
- break-journey
- carpool
- carsick
- convoy
- field trip
- foray
- grand tour
- journey
- mystery tour
- odyssey
- outward-bound
- peregrination
- pilgrimage
- ride
- round trip
- sail
- short-haul
- the long haul idiom
- trip
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flight noun (AIRCRAFT)
[ C ] an aircraft that is making a particular journey:
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- Welcome aboard flight BA345 to Tokyo.
- All passengers for flight LH103 please proceed to gate 16.
- "This is flight 595X. Do you read me? Over."
- Flight BA498 has been delayed by 30 minutes.
- British Airways regret to announce the cancellation of flight BA205 to Madrid.
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Air travel: aviation
- aerial
- aerobatics
- Air Miles
- air-dash
- airlift
- airspeed
- baggage allowance
- bail
- bank
- bomber
- buzz
- crash-land
- FAA
- flight simulator
- fly
- glide
- lane
- no-fly zone
- slipstream
- throttle
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flight noun (MOVEMENT)
[ U ] an occasion when something flies or moves through the air:
[ C ] UK a group of birds, aircraft, etc. flying together:
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Movement through the air
- airborne
- flit
- float
- flown
- fly
- hover
- levitate
- lift
- skim
- skip
- soar
- swish
- swishy
- swoop
- track
- waft
- wheel
- wing
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flight noun (ESCAPE)
[ U ] (an act or example of) escape, running away, or avoiding something:
to defeat someone and force them to run away
to run away:
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- Many residents of the town took flight when they heard news of the approaching hurricane.
- The book gives an account of his flight from political persecution in 1956.
- He confronted the danger and never considered taking flight.
- The villagers took flight from the advancing troops.
- While others defended the town, he took flight to the mountains.
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Running away and escaping
- abscond
- back away
- back off
- be at large idiom
- be on the run idiom
- flee
- fugitive
- gaolbreak
- getaway
- go/be run to ground idiom
- heel
- leg
- loose
- scram
- shake
- shake sb/sth off
- shoot through
- skedaddle
- slip
- throw
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flight noun (SET)
C2 [ C ] a set of steps or stairs, usually between two floors of a building:
specialized food & drink [ C ] a number of different types of wine, beer, etc. for tasting:
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Parts of buildings: stairs & lifts
- chairlift
- doorstep
- drag lift
- dumb waiter
- elevator
- escalator
- fire escape
- ladder
- ramp
- riser
- rope ladder
- rung
- stair
- staircase
- stairwell
- step
- stepladder
- stoep
- stoop
- tread
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