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English

Etymology
OE. flyht

Adjective
flight

1. (obscure or slang): Wayward, opposed.

#: Note: Nowadays we refer to people being flighty instead.

Noun
wikipedia
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Image:MiG-17F Top View.JPG|thumb|right|A [[jet in flight]]

1. The act of flying.

#: Birds are capable of flight

1. An instance of flying.

#: The migrating birds' flight took them to Africa.

1. A collective term for doves or swallows.
2. A journey made by an air craft, eg a balloon, plane or space shuttle.

#: The flight to Paris leaves at 7 o'clock tonight

1. The act of fleeing. (It is noun version of flee).

#: take flight'

1. A set of stairs or an escalator. A series of stairs between Landing|landings.
2. A floor which are reached to by stairs or escalators.

#: How many flights is it up?

1. A feather on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
2. A paper plane.
3. cricket: The movement of a spinning ball through the air - concerns its speed, trajectory and drift.
4. The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
5. A Aerodynamics|aerodynamic surfaces designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
6. Act of fleeing of a refugee or a fugitive.
7. An air force unit.
8. Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.

Translations

trans-top|act of flying
Danish: flyvning c
Finnish: lento
Dutch: vlucht f, vliegen n
German: Flug m
Guarani: veve
French: vol
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Interlingua: volo
Italian: volo m
Kurdish: firr
Portuguese: vôo m
Romanian: zbor n
Russian: пол�� m
Tupinambá: bebé
Turkish: uçma
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trans-top|instance of flying
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Russian: пол�� m
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trans-top|group of doves or swallows
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trans-top|journey made by an aircraft
Italian: volo m
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Russian: пол�� m
Swedish: flight c
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trans-top|act of fleeing
French: fuite f
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Portuguese: fuga f
Swedish: flykt c
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trans-top|set of stairs
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trans-top|feather on an arrow
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Related terms
flight path
in-flight
maiden flight
take flight

See also
rfc-level|See also at L4+ not in L3 POS section
Appendix:Collective nouns

Category:1000 English basic words

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ja:flight
pl:flight
simple:flight
fi:flight
ta:flight
te:flight
vi:flight
zh:flight

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