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noun, often attributive \ˈflīt\

Definition of flight

1a : an act or instance of passing through the air by the use of wings the flight of a beeb : the ability to fly flight is natural to birds
2a : a passing through the air or through space outside the earth's atmosphere flight of an arrow the flight of a rocket to the moonb : the distance covered in such a flightc : swift movement
3a : a trip made by or in an airplane or spacecraft a transatlantic flightb (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
6a : 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

play \ˈflīt-ləs\ adjective

Middle English, from Old English flyht; akin to Middle Dutch vlucht flight, Old English flēogan to fly

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First Known Use: before 12th century

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1571

noun

Middle English fluht, fliht; akin to Old High German fluht flight, Old English flēon to flee

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First Known Use: 13th century

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noun \ˈflīt\

1 : an act of passing through the air by the use of wings the flight of a bee
2 : a passing through the air or space a balloon flight the flight of a space shuttle
3 : a trip by an airplane or spacecraft a flight to Chicago a flight to Mars
4 : a group of similar things flying through the air together a flight of ducks
5 : an extraordinary display a flight of imagination
6 : a series of stairs from one level or floor to the next