Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of flight
"The airline sent an email confirming that all six flights to Tokyo were on time today."
In plain English: Flights are groups of people who travel together on the same airplane journey.
"We booked three flights to Paris for our summer vacation."
Usage: Use "flights" to refer to multiple sets of stairs connecting different floors or several groups of people traveling on airplanes simultaneously. Avoid using it to mean individual steps within a single staircase, which should be called "steps."
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flight
"The bird flights across the sky in search of a safe landing spot."
In plain English: To fly means to move through the air without touching the ground.
"The birds flew south for the winter."
Usage: The word "flights" is not used as a verb in standard English; it is exclusively the third-person singular form of the noun "flight." When describing the action of flying or moving through the air, you must use the verb "flies," such as saying "the bird flies" instead of "the bird flights."
Flights is the plural form of flight, which derives from Old English fleogan meaning to fly or soar. The term originally referred to the act of flying before extending to mean a series of steps or a set of related actions.