"outflight" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: outflights [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English outflight, out fliȝt, equivalent to out- + flight. Cognate with Dutch uitvlucht (“evasion, excuse”), German Ausflucht (“escape”), Swedish utflykt (“excursion”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|outflight}} Middle English outflight, {{af|en|out-|flight}} out- + flight, {{cog|nl|uitvlucht|t=evasion, excuse}} Dutch uitvlucht (“evasion, excuse”), {{cog|de|Ausflucht|t=escape}} German Ausflucht (“escape”), {{cog|sv|utflykt|t=excursion}} Swedish utflykt (“excursion”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} outflight (countable and uncountable, plural outflights)
  1. The act or process of flying out. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-outflight-en-noun-az1bDmZs Categories (other): English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 45 17 38
  2. The act or process of fleeing. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-outflight-en-noun-bDYm3RAt Categories (other): English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 45 17 38
  3. Outward movement or exiting. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-outflight-en-noun-NTZqPbAA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 11 70 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 45 17 38

Inflected forms

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