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
