Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preflight

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English

Syllables: pre-flight
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Taking place before the start of a flight.

adj

Serving to confirm that requests can be accepted, before sending an actual request.

noun

An inspection of an aircraft before the start of a flight.

noun

The portion of the movement after launching from the springboard but before pushing off the vault.

verb

To perform an inspection of an aircraft before the start of a flight.

Example Sentences

"a CORS preflight request"
"Between the preflight and postflight is the block, a rapid motion in which the gymnast’s hands hit the vault and she pushes herself off, converting the horizontal momentum from her sprint down the runway into vertical momentum."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi Proto-Germanic *fleuganą Proto-West Germanic *fleugan Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-West Germanic *-þi Proto-West Germanic *fluhti Old English flyht Middle English flight English flight English preflight From pre- + flight.

Inflected Forms

preflights (plural) preflights (present, singular) preflighting (participle, present) preflighted (participle, past) preflighted (past)

Frequently Paired Words

foreflight

Questions

What does preflight mean?: Taking place before the start of a flight.
Where does preflight come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi Proto-Germanic *fleuganą Proto-West Germanic *fleugan Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-West Germanic *-þi Proto-West Germanic *fluhti Old English flyht Middle English flight English flight English preflight From pre- + flight.

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