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# flier

noun (a flier, fliers); also spelled flyer

«flier» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A flier is a person or thing that flies, such as a pilot, a bird or a passenger on planes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flier/#m1)
2. A flier is also a sheet of paper advertising something, handed out or put through letterboxes; this is more often spelled flyer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flier/#m2)
3. (informal) A fast runner or a very quick start, as in «get off to a flier». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flier/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life fliers advertise school fairs, pizza shops and lost pets. In stories about planes it means pilot or traveller. Phrases: «frequent flier», «hand out fliers», «a high flier» (someone very successful), «get off to a flier».

### Examples

- We handed out fliers for the school fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flier/#x1)
- A flier for a new pizza place came through the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flier/#x2)
- My dad is a frequent flier because he travels for work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flier/#x3)
- The early fliers built planes out of wood and cloth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flier/#x4)
- Swifts are amazing fliers that hardly ever land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flier/#x5)
- She is a high flier and got top marks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flier/#x6)
- Our team got off to a flier and scored in the first minute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flier/#x7)
- We made a flier about the missing cat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flier/#x8)

### Note

Both «flier» and «flyer» are correct; «flyer» is more common for the paper and in the UK. Plural fliers or flyers. A «high flier» is a person who succeeds, not a bird.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «flier» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flier/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«flier» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/flier.html) on Mova free.