Collocations for "flight"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "flight" in context.
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flight
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [short, long] flight
- a [long, medium, short] -haul flight
- a long-distance flight
- [domestic, internal, continental, international] flights
- a [free, redeye, discount] flight
- [an easy, a boring, a rough, a turbulent] flight
- a [10-hour] flight (to)
- [missed, caught] my flight
- am going to [miss] my flight
- my flight was [full, delayed, on time]
- the flight will be [boarding, taking off] at
- my flight is [on Monday, at 9:00 AM, tomorrow]
- my flight goes through [London]
- [slept, watch movies] (for) the [entire, whole] flight
- got [jet lag, backache, an ear infection] from the flight
- on my flight back (from)
- [during, before, after] my flight
- a flight from [London]
- a flight over the [mountains, Pacific]
- the [birds, crows] took flight
- [birds] in flight
- achieved space flight
- was just a flight of the imagination
- [walked up, had to walk up] four flights of stairs
- flight [training, simulator]
- [get, suffer from, have] flight sickness
- (get) flight sick
- find flight information
- do a flight search
- the flight crew
- on the flight deck
- in-flight [food, entertainment, movies]
'flight' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
China
- accomplishment
- arrange
- arrival
- attendant
- baggage
- bargain
- beat
- beverage
- boarding
- book
- booking
- budget
- bumpy
- business
- cancel
- cancellation
- catch
- charter
- chartered
- class
- cold
- confirmation
- corridor
- crew
- deck
- delay
- delayed
- departure
- destination
- disruption
- domestic
- done
- duration
- early
- east
- expense
- express
- fancy
- fight
- gate
- google
- how
- inbound
- instrument
- international
- itinerary
- lag
- late
- maiden