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flight
Pronunciation: (flīt), [key]—
n.
1. the act, manner, or power of flying.
2. the distance covered or the course taken by a flying object:
a 500-mile flight; the flight of the ball.
3. a trip by an airplane, glider, etc.
4. a scheduled trip on an airline:
a 5 o'clock flight.
5. a number of beings or things flying or passing through the air together:
a flight of geese.
6. the basic tactical unit of military air forces, consisting of two or more aircraft.
7. the act, principles, or technique of flying an airplane:
flight training.
8. a journey into or through outer space:
a rocket flight.
9. swift movement, transition, or progression:
the flight of time.
10. a soaring above or transcending ordinary bounds:
a flight of fancy.
11. a series of steps between one floor or landing of a building and the next.
12. Archery.
a. See
flight arrow.
b. the distance such an arrow travels when shot.
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v.i.
(of wild fowls) to fly in coordinated flocks.
flight
Pronunciation: (flīt), [key]—
n.
1. an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
2. put to flight, to force to flee or run away; rout:
She succeeded in putting the intruder to flight.
3. take flight, to retreat; run away; flee:
The wild animals took flight before the onrushing fire. Also,take to flight.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
