flight
/ˈflaɪ̯t/ noun A2- The act of flying; the ability to fly. · Most birds are capable of flight.· Bats are born with the instinct of flight.
- An instance of flying. · The migrating birds' flight took them to Africa.
- The trajectory or passage through air or space of a projectile, ship, etc. · The space shuttle's flight was carefully calculated long before takeoff.
- A swift movement, especially as to escape; an escape. · The lizard's immediate flight when startled makes it hard to catch.· The judge thought she was a flight risk.
- A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance. · The flight to Paris leaves at 7 o'clock tonight.· Where is the departure gate for flight 747? / Go straight down and to the right.
- The aircraft used in a journey through air or space. · He boarded the flight to Miami.
- The movement of a spinning ball through the air from the bowler to where it bounces on the pitch.
- An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming. · a flight of fancy; a flight of the imagination
Plural flights
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We will leave Danglars struggling with the demon of hatred, and endeavoring to insinuate in the ear of the shipowner some evil suspicions against his comrade, and follow Dantès, who, after having traversed La Canebière, took the Rue de Noailles, and entering a small house, on the left of the Allées de Meilhan, rapidly ascended four flights of a dark staircase, holding the baluster with one hand, while with the other he repressed the beatings of his heart, and paused before a half-open door, from which he could see the whole of a small room.
The Sheep, fearing some fraud was intended, excused herself, saying, “The Wolf is accustomed to seize what he wants and to run off; and you, too, can quickly outstrip me in your rapid flight.
Morrel, who, forthwith conducting her up the flight of wooden steps leading to the chamber in which the feast was prepared, was gayly followed by the guests, beneath whose heavy tread the slight structure creaked and groaned for the space of several minutes.
So Dorothy said good-bye to all her friends except Toto, and taking the dog in her arms followed the green girl through seven passages and up three flights of stairs until they came to a room at the front of the Palace.
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