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Used with adjectives:
"
He booked a round-trip flight to Europe."
(round-trip, one-way)
"
The outbound flight was delayed by bad weather."
(outbound, outgoing, connecting, return, inbound)
"
She took a commercial flight to Chicago."
(commercial, charter, private)
"
The regular flight was cancelled."
(regular, scheduled)
"
There is a direct flight to Hawaii."
(direct, non-stop, weekly, daily)
"
I have a short flight home."
(short, long, cross-country, domestic)
"
He takes three international flights a month."
(international, transatlantic, transpacific)
"
We booked an early flight."
(early, day, evening, morning, night, red-eye)
"
He is doing training flights."
(training, solo)
"
He participated in space flights."
(space, rocket)
"
They took a hot air balloon flight."
(hot air balloon, helicopter, airplane)
"
The jet was the first to achieve supersonic flight."
(supersonic)
"
There is a narrow flight of stairs in their house."
(narrow, short, long, steep, wide)
Used with verbs:
"
He caught an early flight home."
(caught, had, took)
"
They just made their flight."
(made, missed, caught)
"
She booked a flight to Rome."
(booked, got, reserved)
"
The team chartered a flight to the game."
(chartered)
"
She called to confirm her flight."
(confirm, cancel, change)
"
Their flight was diverted because of bad weather."
(be + diverted, be + delayed, be + grounded)
"
The flight took off on time."
(took off, departed, arrived, landed)
"
We watched a flock of geese take flight."
(take)
"
Few mammals have achieved flight."
(achieved)
"
He climbs three flights of stairs every day at the office."
(climbs, goes up)
Used with nouns:
"
She checked her flight schedule."
(schedule, number, time, reservation)
"
There have been many flight delays today."
(delays, cancellations)
"
He is a flight attendant."
(attendant)
"
The flight crew prepared the plane for departure."
(crew)
"
He checked the flight instruments."
(instruments, controller)
"
He is going to flight school."
(school)
"
They are looking for the flight recorder in the wreckage."
(recorder)
"
He practiced in a flight simulator."
(simulator)
"
The normal flight path goes over the water."
(path)
Used with prepositions:
"
Passengers cannot smoke during the flight."
(during)
"
They took a flight from Los Angeles."
(from, to, out of)
"
The classroom is up a flight of stairs."
(up, down)
