transcription, транскрипция: [ flaɪt ]
( flights)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A flight is a journey made by flying, usually in an aeroplane.
The flight will take four hours.
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2.
You can refer to an aeroplane carrying passengers on a particular journey as a particular flight .
I’ll try to get on the flight down to Karachi tonight...
BA flight 286 was two hours late.
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3.
Flight is the action of flying, or the ability to fly.
These hawks are magnificent in flight, soaring and circling for long periods...
Supersonic flight could become a routine form of travel in the 21st century.
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4.
A flight of birds is a group of them flying together.
A flight of green parrots shot out of the cedar forest.
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5.
Flight is the act of running away from a dangerous or unpleasant situation or place.
The family was often in flight, hiding out in friends’ houses.
...her hurried flight from the palace in a cart.
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6.
A flight of steps or stairs is a set of steps or stairs that lead from one level to another without changing direction.
We walked in silence up a flight of stairs and down a long corridor.
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7.
If someone takes flight , they run away from an unpleasant situation or place.
He was told of the raid and decided to take flight immediately.
= flee
PHRASE : V inflects