flight – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of flight

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to flight
Participle: flighted
Gerund: flighting

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of flight

Indicative

Present

Iflight
youflight
he;she;itflights
weflight
youflight
theyflight

Perfect

Ihave flighted
youhave flighted
he;she;ithas flighted
wehave flighted
youhave flighted
theyhave flighted

Past

Iflighted
youflighted
he;she;itflighted
weflighted
youflighted
theyflighted

Pluperfect

Ihad flighted
youhad flighted
he;she;ithad flighted
wehad flighted
youhad flighted
theyhad flighted

Future

Iwill flight
youwill flight
he;she;itwill flight
wewill flight
youwill flight
theywill flight

Future Perfect

Iwill have flighted
youwill have flighted
he;she;itwill have flighted
wewill have flighted
youwill have flighted
theywill have flighted

Subjunctive

Present

Iflight
youflight
he;she;itflight
weflight
youflight
theyflight

Perfect

Ihave flighted
youhave flighted
he;she;ithave flighted
wehave flighted
youhave flighted
theyhave flighted

Imperfect

Iflighted
youflighted
he;she;itflighted
weflighted
youflighted
theyflighted

Pluperfect

Ihad flighted
youhad flighted
he;she;ithad flighted
wehad flighted
youhad flighted
theyhad flighted

Conditional

Present

Iwould flight
youwould flight
he;she;itwould flight
wewould flight
youwould flight
theywould flight

Perfect

Iwould have flighted
youwould have flighted
he;she;itwould have flighted
wewould have flighted
youwould have flighted
theywould have flighted

Imperative

youflight
weLet's flight
youflight

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam flighting
youare flighting
he;she;itis flighting
weare flighting
youare flighting
theyare flighting

Perfect

Ihave been flighting
youhave been flighting
he;she;ithas been flighting
wehave been flighting
youhave been flighting
theyhave been flighting

Past

Iwas flighting
youwere flighting
he;she;itwas flighting
wewere flighting
youwere flighting
theywere flighting

Pluperfect

Ihad been flighting
youhad been flighting
he;she;ithad been flighting
wehad been flighting
youhad been flighting
theyhad been flighting

Future

Iwill be flighting
youwill be flighting
he;she;itwill be flighting
wewill be flighting
youwill be flighting
theywill be flighting

Future Perfect

Iwill have been flighting
youwill have been flighting
he;she;itwill have been flighting
wewill have been flighting
youwill have been flighting
theywill have been flighting

Conditional

Present

Iwould be flighting
youwould be flighting
he;she;itwould be flighting
wewould be flighting
youwould be flighting
theywould be flighting

Perfect

Iwould have been flighting
youwould have been flighting
he;she;itwould have been flighting
wewould have been flighting
youwould have been flighting
theywould have been flighting

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'flight'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'flight'

alight, blight, fight, fright, light, plight, slight, adight, aright, belight,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *plew-
3. Proto-Indo-European *plewk-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-eti
5. Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi
6. Proto-Germanic *fleuganą
7. Proto-West Germanic *fleugan
8. Proto-Indo-European *-tis
9. Proto-Germanic *-þiz
10. Proto-West Germanic *-þi
11. Proto-West Germanic *fluhti
12. Old English flyht
13. Middle English flight
14. English flight
15. From Middle English flight, from Old English flyht (“flight”), from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti (“flight”), derived from *fleuganą (“to fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to fly”), enlargement of *plew- (“flow”). Analyzable as fly + -t (variant of -th).
16. Cognate with West Frisian flecht (“flight”), Dutch vlucht (“flight”), German Flucht (“flight”) (etymology 2).

Verbs referencing "flight"

Danish flygte.

Sample Sentences

  • Riyad Mahrez flighted the free-kick that followed to the far post and Morgan, with not much finesse but plenty of desire, bundled the ball over the line. Cue pandemonium in the stands. [2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian:]