FIGHT-OR-FLIGHT

Meaning of FIGHT-OR-FLIGHT in English

Function: adjective

Date: 1973

: relating to, being, or causing physiological changes in the body (as an increase in heart rate or dilation of bronchi) in response to stress <epinephrine is a fight-or-flight hormone> <a fight-or-flight reaction>

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FIGHT-OR-FLIGHT — adjective Date: 1973 relating to, being, or causing physiological changes in the body (as an increase in heart rate or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FIGHT-OR-FLIGHT — Date: 1973 : relating to, being, or causing physiological changes in the body (as an increase in heart rate or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIGHT OR FLIGHT — the instinctive physiological response to a threatening situation, which readies one either to resist forcibly or to run away. → …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FIGHT-OR-FLIGHT — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
FIGHT-OR-FLIGHT — adj. Fight-or-flight is used with these nouns: ↑ response
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLIGHT — I. ˈflīt, usu -īd.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English flyht; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLIGHT — flight 1 /fluyt/ , n. 1. the act, manner, or power of flying. 2. the distance covered or the course …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIGHT — — fightable , adj. — fightability , n. — fightingly , adv. /fuyt/ , n. , v. , fought, fighting …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLIGHT — I. ˈflīt noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English flyht; akin to Middle Dutch vlucht flight, Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIGHT — I. ˈfīt verb ( fought ˈfȯt ; fight·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English feohtan; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FLIGHT — noun the husk or glume of oats. 2. flight ·noun a series of steps or stairs from one landing to …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
FLIGHT — [flight] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE flyht; akin to MD vlucht flight, OE fleogan to fly] (bef. 12c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FIGHT — [fight] vb fought ; fight.ing [ME, fr. OE feohtan; akin to OHG fehtan to fight and perh. to L pectere …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLIGHT — flight BrE AmE flaɪt ▷ flighted ˈflaɪt ɪd -əd AmE ˈflaɪt̬ əd ▷ flighting ˈflaɪt ɪŋ AmE ˈflaɪt̬ ɪŋ ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FLIGHT — / flaɪt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun JOURNEY BY AIR 1. [ C ] a journey made by …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIGHT — / faɪt; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( fought , fought / fɔːt; NAmE /) IN WAR / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FLIGHT — flight S3 W2 /flaɪt/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: flyht ] 1 . TRAVEL [countable] a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FIGHT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLIGHT — n. & v. --n. 1 a the act or manner of flying through the air (studied swallows' flight). b the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIGHT
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLIGHT — n. & v. n. 1 a the act or manner of flying through the air (studied swallows' flight). b the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIGHT
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
FLIGHT — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a the act or manner of flying through the air (studied swallows' flight). b …
Oxford English vocab
FIGHT
Oxford English vocab
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLIGHT — ( flights) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A flight is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIGHT — ( fights, fighting, fought) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIGHT — (~s, ~ing, fought) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FLIGHT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a flight/train/coach departure ▪ I'm afraid your flight departure has been delayed. a night train/bus/flight …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIGHT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIGHT — [noun] [C]The older boys broke up (= stopped)/started the fight.Have you got tickets for the big fight (= boxing competition)?I …
Cambridge English vocab
FIGHT — Synonyms and related words : Olympic games, Olympics, a outrance, action, aerial combat, affray, against, aggression, aggressiveness, agonize, altercate, altercation, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FLIGHT — noun 1 trip by air; plane making a flight ADJECTIVE ▪ round-trip ( AmE ) ▪ The first prize is …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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Longman Activator English vocab
FIGHT — See ↑ ARGUE 1, ↑ COMPETE WITH 2, ↑ FIGHT 1,4,6,6,7,9, ↑ VOTE 7, ↑ WAR 2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
FLIGHT — n. 25B6; noun the history of flight : AVIATION, flying, air transport, aerial navigation, aeronautics. a flight to Rome : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIGHT
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIGHT — v. 1 contend (with), battle, conflict (with), encounter, war (against), engage, clash, take up arms (against), feud (with), combat, bear …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FIGHT — verb BAD : They spent the whole night fighting against the fire. GOOD : They spent the whole night fighting …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
OR — I союз или, иначе Make haste or else you will be late. ≈ Торопитесь, иначе вы опоздаете. or so ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FLIGHT — I 1. сущ. 1) полет to take a flight ≈ лететь на самолете to take one's flight, wing one's flight …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FIGHT
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OR — or.ogg _I ɔ: n геральд. цвет золота _II ɔ:,ə cj 1. связывает два или несколько предложений или однородных членов предложения, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FLIGHT — flight.ogg _I flaıt n 1. полёт the flight of a bee - полёт пчелы a bird of swift flight - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FIGHT
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FLIGHT — 1) полёт, режим полёта, продолжительность полёта; дальность полёта || лётный, полётный 2) рейс 3) скребок, пластина, винт ( конвейера, элеватора …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
FLIGHT — 1) полёт, режим полёта, продолжительность полёта; дальность полёта || лётный, полётный 2) рейс 3) скребок, пластина, винт (конвейера, элеватора) 4) лестничный марш, пролёт …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
FLIGHT — 1) авиазвено; авиаотряд 2) полёт || полётный 3) авиац. рейс 4) облёт || совершать облёт 5) перелёт || совершать перелёт 6) лётно-технический; лётный 7) пилотажный 8) пластина …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
FLIGHT — I flight сущ.1) полет to take a flight — лететь на самолете to take one's flight, wing one's flight — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
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Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FLIGHT — _I flaıt n 1. полёт the flight of a bee - полёт пчелы a bird of swift flight - быстрокрылая …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FIGHT
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FLIGHT — I flaɪt 1. сущ. 1) а) полет nonstop flight — полет без промежуточной посадки, беспосадочный перелет space flight — космический …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FIGHT
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FLIGHT — I [§®µЎ«] flight.wav 1. сущ. 1) а) полет nonstop flight — полет без промежуточной посадки, беспосадочный перелет space flight — космический полет unmanned flight — непилотируемый …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

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