Flight Definition–noun | 1. | the act, manner, or power of flying. | | 2. | the distance covered or the course taken by a flying objec
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t: 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. | b. | the distance such an arrow travels when shot. | | –verb (used without object) | 13. | (of wild fowls) to fly in coordinated flocks. | |
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