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- [flee]
- /fli/
- /fliː/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [flee]
- /fli/
Definitions of flee word
- verb without object flee to run away, as from danger or pursuers; take flight. 1
- verb without object flee to move swiftly; fly; speed. 1
- verb with object flee to run away from (a place, person, etc.). 1
- noun flee Run away from a place or situation of danger. 1
- transitive verb flee run away from 1
- intransitive verb flee run away 1
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Origin of flee
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English fleen, Old English flēon; cognate with Old High German flichan (German fliehen), Gothic thliuhan; compare Old English fleogan to fly1
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Parts of speech for Flee
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
flee 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".
flee usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for flee
verb flee
- fly — to move through the air using wings.
- jump — to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window.
- take off — the act of taking.
- depart — When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
- get — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
Antonyms for flee
verb flee
- wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
- dawdle — If you dawdle, you spend more time than is necessary going somewhere.
- face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
- arrive — When a person or vehicle arrives at a place, they come to it at the end of a journey.
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