flight

/flaɪt/ noun

Definition

JOURNEY [C] › a journey in an aircraft: Have you booked your flight yet? The flight to Chicago took 4 hours.

AIRCRAFT [C] › an aircraft that carries passengers from one place to another: Flight 102 is ready for boarding at Gate 3.

MOVEMENT [U] › when something flies or moves through the air: an eagle in flight

a flight of stairs/steps › a set of stairs: The lift was broken so we had to climb six flights of stairs.

(Definition of flight noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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