Definition of flight
1 a
: an act or instance of passing through the air by the use of wings
- the flight of a bee
b
: the ability to fly
- flight is natural to birds
2 a
: a passing through the air or through space outside the earth's atmosphere
- flight of an arrow
- the flight of a rocket to the moon
b
: the distance covered in such a flight
c
: swift movement
3 a
: a trip made by or in an airplane or spacecraft
- a transatlantic flight
b (1)
: a scheduled airplane trip
- Our flight is at noon.
(2)
the airplane that is making a trip
- They boarded flight 109.
4
: a group of similar beings or objects flying through the air together
- a flight of geese
5
: a brilliant, imaginative, or unrestrained exercise or display
- a flight of fancy
6 a
: a continuous series of stairs from one landing or floor to another
- Her apartment is four flights up.
b
: a series (as of terraces or conveyors) resembling a flight of stairs
7
: a unit of the U.S. Air Force below a squadron
