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- UK [flaɪt] / US
noun
Word forms "flight":
singular flight plural flights1)a) [countable] a journey through air or space in a vehicle such as a planeflight to/from:My flight has been delayed.
on a flight:The flight from New York to Heathrow took about 8 hours.
I need to be on the next flight out of here.
b) [only before noun] belonging to or connected with a flightthe airline's flight schedule
a flight ban after midnight
2)a) [countable] a movement through the air by a bird or objectPigeons make flights of over 10,000 miles.
Several factors control the ball's flight.
b) literary a group of birds flying togetherWe saw a flight of geese heading south.
3) [uncountable] the act or process of moving through the air, or the ability to move through the airWhat was the direction of flight when the plane crashed?
in flight:the evolutionary advantages of developing flight
Swallows have a very distinctive shape in flight.
4) [countable/uncountable] the act of running away or of trying to escape from someone or somethingThe refugees made a desperate flight to freedom.
5) [countable] a set of stairs going from one level to anotherflight of stairs/steps:The toilets are two flights up.
A flight of stone steps leads down to the courtyard.
•flight of fancy/imagination
— an idea that is unusual and exciting or fun, but silly or not practicalHer act combines strange flights of fancy with extremely down to earth observations.
English dictionary. 2014.