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airlift

air·lift
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [air-lift]
    • /ˈɛərˌlɪft/
    • /ˈeə.lɪft/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [air-lift]
    • /ˈɛərˌlɪft/

Definitions of airlift word

  • countable noun airlift An airlift is an operation to move people, troops, or goods by air, especially in a war or when land routes are closed. 3
  • verb airlift If people, troops, or goods are airlifted somewhere, they are carried by air, especially in a war or when land routes are closed. 3
  • noun airlift the transportation by air of passengers, troops, cargo, etc, esp when other routes are blocked 3
  • verb airlift to transport by an airlift 3
  • noun airlift a system of transporting troops, supplies, etc. by aircraft, as when ground routes are blocked 3
  • verb transitive airlift to transport by airlift 3

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Origin of airlift

First appearance:

before 1940
One of the 7% newest English words
First recorded in 1940-45; air1 + lift

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Parts of speech for Airlift

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

airlift popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

airlift usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for airlift

noun airlift

  • air freight — freight transported by aircraft
  • flight — an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
  • transit — the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.

verb airlift

  • fly — to move through the air using wings.
  • airdrop — a delivery of supplies, troops, etc, from an aircraft by parachute
  • transfer — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • winch — the crank or handle of a revolving machine.
  • lift — to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.

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