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flight
Noun
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Flight is the act of flying: moving through the air using wings.
Birds have had flight for millions of years.
The flight of the bird was beautiful.
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A flight is one trip on an airplane.
The flight to Boston leaves soon.
This flight is going to New York.
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Flight is the act of running away and hiding.
The flight of the man just after the crime made the police think he was guilty.
dead
Adjective
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Not alive.
My brother is dead. His funeral was last week.
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Without power.
The problem is a dead battery.
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Without feeling, numb.
My arm is dead. I cannot feel it.
dead
Adverb
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Exactly, completely.
He thinks you are a woman, but you are a man. He is dead wrong.
reckoning
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noun
(= calculation)
problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
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noun
a bill for an amount due
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noun
(= count, counting)
the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
the counting continued for several hours