- flight
- noun1 trip by air; plane making a flightADJECTIVE▪ round-trip (AmE)▪
The first prize is a round-trip flight to Rio.
▪ inbound, return▪The return flight was held up by six hours.
▪The first prize is a return flight to Rio. (BrE)
▪ outbound▪The outbound flight was smooth.
▪ connecting▪ shuttle▪ commercial▪ regular, scheduled▪ charter▪ daily, weekly▪ direct, non-stop▪ delayed▪ two-hour, three-hour, etc.▪ short▪ long, long-distance, long-haul, red-eye (esp. AmE)▪ cross-country (esp. AmE), domestic, internal (esp. BrE)▪ international, transatlantic▪ maiden▪The aircraft made its maiden flight in January 2000.
▪ early▪ day, evening, morning, night▪ bumpy, smooth▪The bumpy flight brought on a bout of airsickness.
▪ mercy (BrE), relief▪ military▪ reconnaissance, surveillance▪ routine▪ training▪a routine training flight
▪ solo▪ air, space▪ airline, balloon, helicopter, plane, rocket▪a hot-air balloon flight
▪ cargo, passenger▪ budget (BrE), cheap, discountedVERB + FLIGHT▪ catch, take, travel on▪They caught an early flight back to Boston.
▪ miss▪ make▪We arrived at the airport just in time to make our flight.
▪ have▪Did you have a good flight?
▪ enjoy▪I hope you enjoy the flight.
▪ make▪The plane made its maiden flight in 1976.
▪ be booked on, be booked onto, be on▪I'm on the first flight to Milan in the morning.
▪ book (sb), book sb/yourself on, book sb/yourself onto, get▪He asked her to book him on the next available flight to Geneva.
▪We managed to get a non-stop flight to New York.
▪ charter▪The team has chartered a special flight for their fans.
▪ confirm▪ cancel, suspend▪The UN has suspended relief flights because of shelling around the airport.
▪ change▪If you need to change a flight, the fee is $100.
▪ board▪ operate▪The airline operates regular flights to Greece.
▪ delay, hold up▪ divert▪The flight was diverted to Delhi because of a bomb scare.
▪ ground▪All flights have been grounded for security reasons.
▪ blow up▪She was accused of planting the bomb that blew up flight 217.
FLIGHT + VERB▪ be bound for sth▪a flight bound for Antigua
▪ leave, take off▪ originate▪a flight originating from Tokyo
▪ arrive▪ land▪ be full▪I'm afraid I can't book you onto that flight as it's full.
FLIGHT + NOUN▪ number▪We need your time of arrival and flight number.
▪ schedule▪ operations▪The snow was severe enough to disrupt flight operations.
▪ time▪The flight time from Heathrow to Marseilles is less than two hours.
▪ delay▪Your travel insurance compensates you for flight delays.
▪ cancellation▪ attendant, crew▪ commander, engineer (both military)▪ school▪ deck▪ controller▪ instruments▪ recorder▪The flight recorder should help to establish why the plane suddenly crashed.
▪ simulator▪ path▪They have persuaded the authorities to divert the flight path of the military jets away from their town.
PREPOSITION▪ aboard a/the flight, on a/the flight, on board a/the flight▪passengers aboard a flight bound for Johannesburg
▪ during a/the flight▪Please refrain from smoking during the flight.
▪ flight for▪She took a flight for Los Angeles.
▪ flight from, flight out of▪They waited for the first flight out of Lisbon.
▪ flight to▪a flight from Sydney to Tokyo
2 action of flyingADJECTIVE▪ soaring, sustained▪ low-level▪ horizontal, level▪ high-speed, supersonic▪ space▪ manned▪the enormous costs of manned space flight
VERB + FLIGHT▪ be capable of▪Barn owls are capable of flight at 56 days.
▪ achieve▪Bats are the only mammals to have achieved sustained flight.
▪ take▪They watched the young eagles take flight.
PREPOSITION▪ during flight▪The wings vibrate during flight.
▪ in flight▪a flock of geese in flight
PHRASES▪ the line of flight▪the line of flight of a golf ball
▪Don't get into the line of flight of the bees—you'd be sure to get stung.
3 number of stairs/stepsADJECTIVE▪ long, short▪ narrow, wide▪ steepVERB + FLIGHT▪ climb, climb up, go up, run up, walk up▪ descend, go down, run down, walk down▪ fall downFLIGHT + VERB▪ lead …▪a flight of steps leading to the foyer
▪ go down sth, go up sth▪A flight of steps goes up the left-hand side of the room.
PREPOSITION▪ down a/the flight, up a/the flight▪My office is just up that flight of stairs.
PHRASES▪ a flight of stairs, a flight of steps▪The villa is fronted by a flight of stairs.
▪Thomas waited at the top of the flight of steps.
4 running awayADJECTIVE▪ headlong▪ urban, white (= the movement of white people from cities) (both AmE)VERB + FLIGHT▪ put (sb/sth) to (literary)▪The army was defeated and the king put to flight.
▪ take▪As soon as they detected the cheetah it took flight.
PREPOSITION▪ in flight▪Left-wing opposition leaders, in flight from persecution, went across the border.
▪ flight from▪a headlong flight from danger
▪ flight into▪a flight into the unknown
▪ flight to▪The story tells of his flight to safety.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
