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# flight

noun (flight, flights)

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

## Everyday

1. A flight is a trip in an aeroplane: «our flight to Dublin». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flight/#m1)
2. Flight is flying, the act of moving through the air: «birds in flight». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flight/#m2)
3. A flight of stairs is a set of steps between two floors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flight/#m3)
4. Flight is running away from danger: «take flight». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flight/#m4)

### In the lessons

a trip by plane with a time, distance or ticket price; or a set of stairs with a number of steps; in science: birds, bats and insects fly with wings, planes need lift; in history: the first powered flight by the Wright brothers; in everyday life: check-in, boarding, flight times; phrases: «flight of stairs», «in flight», «take flight», «flight attendant»

### Examples

- The flight takes 3 hours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flight/#x1)
- A plane ticket for the flight costs 150 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flight/#x2)
- Each flight of stairs has 12 steps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flight/#x3)
- She climbed 4 flights of stairs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flight/#x4)
- Our flight to Auckland was late. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flight/#x5)
- The birds took flight when the dog barked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flight/#x6)
- The Wright brothers made the first powered flight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flight/#x7)
- Fasten your seat belt during the flight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flight/#x8)
- The fox took flight at the sound of the hunters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flight/#x9)

### Note

Two meanings: a plane trip (time, distance, price) or a set of stairs (steps per flight, a rate). Trap: «4 flights of 12 steps» is 4 × 12 steps, not 4 + 12. Trap: a flight across time zones: the clock time changes by more or less than the flight time.

## In Jewish tradition

It means running away in defeat.

**Interpretation.** Moses' song says a people could not be beaten so badly unless God had given them up. Tradition reads this as saying Israel's victories and defeats depend on its faithfulness.

### Examples

- How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had given them over and the LORD had delivered them up? (Torah DEU.32.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flight/#x1)
- Madmenah is in mad flight; the inhabitants of Gebim flee to cover. (Prophets ISA.10.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flight/#x2)
- And flight shall fail the swift, and the strong shall not exert his strength, neither shall the mighty deliver himself; (Prophets AMO.2.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flight/#x3)
- and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath. (Writings 1CH.8.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flight/#x4)

### Note

Two meanings: a plane trip (time, distance, price) or a set of stairs (steps per flight, a rate). Trap: «4 flights of 12 steps» is 4 × 12 steps, not 4 + 12. Trap: a flight across time zones: the clock time changes by more or less than the flight time.

## On Mova

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