Meaning of "flee" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FLEE

Old English flēon; related to Old Frisian fliā, Old High German fliohan, Gothic thliuhan.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF FLEE

flee  [fliː]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLEE

Flee is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb flee in English.

WHAT DOES FLEE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Flee

Flee is an album by British blues rock musician Jeremy Spencer credited as "The Jeremy Spencer Band", with particularly strong input from Michael Fogarty. Spencer had been a member of Fleetwood Mac from 1967–71, and this 1979 release was Spencer's third album apart from Fleetwood Mac, and his second recorded while a member of the Children of God.

Definition of flee in the English dictionary

The definition of flee in the dictionary is to run away from ; fly. Other definition of flee is to run or move quickly; rush; speed.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FLEE

PRESENT

Present

I flee

you flee

he/she/it flees

we flee

you flee

they flee

Present continuous

I am fleeing

you are fleeing

he/she/it is fleeing

we are fleeing

you are fleeing

they are fleeing

Present perfect

I have fled

you have fled

he/she/it has fled

we have fled

you have fled

they have fled

Present perfect continuous

I have been fleeing

you have been fleeing

he/she/it has been fleeing

we have been fleeing

you have been fleeing

they have been fleeing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I fled

you fled

he/she/it fled

we fled

you fled

they fled

Past continuous

I was fleeing

you were fleeing

he/she/it was fleeing

we were fleeing

you were fleeing

they were fleeing

Past perfect

I had fled

you had fled

he/she/it had fled

we had fled

you had fled

they had fled

Past perfect continuous

I had been fleeing

you had been fleeing

he/she/it had been fleeing

we had been fleeing

you had been fleeing

they had been fleeing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will flee

you will flee

he/she/it will flee

we will flee

you will flee

they will flee

Future continuous

I will be fleeing

you will be fleeing

he/she/it will be fleeing

we will be fleeing

you will be fleeing

they will be fleeing

Future perfect

I will have fled

you will have fled

he/she/it will have fled

we will have fled

you will have fled

they will have fled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been fleeing

you will have been fleeing

he/she/it will have been fleeing

we will have been fleeing

you will have been fleeing

they will have been fleeing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would flee

you would flee

he/she/it would flee

we would flee

you would flee

they would flee

Conditional continuous

I would be fleeing

you would be fleeing

he/she/it would be fleeing

we would be fleeing

you would be fleeing

they would be fleeing

Conditional perfect

I would have flee

you would have flee

he/she/it would have flee

we would have flee

you would have flee

they would have flee

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been fleeing

you would have been fleeing

he/she/it would have been fleeing

we would have been fleeing

you would have been fleeing

they would have been fleeing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you flee
we let´s flee
you flee

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to flee

Past participle

fled

Present Participle

fleeing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «FLEE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «flee» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of flee

abscond · avoid · bolt · cut and run · decamp · depart · do a runner · escape · fly · fly the coop · get away · hook it · leave · make off · run away · run off · scarper · shun · skedaddle · split · take a powder · take flight · take off · turn tail · vanish

TRANSLATION OF FLEE

Find out the translation of flee to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of flee from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flee» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 逃跑
• Translator English - Spanish: darse a la fuga
• English: flee
• Translator English - Hindi: पलायन
• Translator English - Arabic: يَهْرُب
• Translator English - Russian: спасаться бегством
• Translator English - Portuguese: fugir
• Translator English - Bengali: ভাগা
• Translator English - French: fuir
• Translator English - Malay: Melarikan diri
• Translator English - German: flüchten
• Translator English - Japanese: 逃げる
• Translator English - Korean: 달아나다
• Translator English - Javanese: Nylametake
• Translator English - Vietnamese: chạy trốn
• Translator English - Tamil: தப்பியோட
• Translator English - Marathi: पळून जा
• Translator English - Turkish: kaçmak
• Translator English - Italian: scappare
• Translator English - Polish: uciec
• Translator English - Ukrainian: тікати
• Translator English - Romanian: a fugi
• Translator English - Greek: τρέπομαι σε φυγή
• Translator English - Afrikaans: vlug
• Translator English - Swedish: fly
• Translator English - Norwegian: flykte

10 QUOTES WITH «FLEE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word flee.

1

Chris Adami

In the animal world, there are all kinds of behaviors that are binary: for example, to flee or to fight. In any evolutionary environment, knowing your opponent's decision would not be advantageous for long because your opponent would evolve the same recognition mechanism to also know you.

2

Pietro Aretino

A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and in fleeing them the cowardice of the heart.

3

Karl Barth

Man can certainly flee from God... but he cannot escape him. He can certainly hate God and be hateful to God, but he cannot change into its opposite the eternal love of God which triumphs even in his hate.

4

Camille Claudel

It is in fact agreed that I am the plague, the cholera of the benevolent and generous men who are interested in art and that, when I show myself with my plasters, even the Emperor of the Sahara would flee.

5

Pierre Corneille

Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.

6

Kevin DeYoung

The mystery of the Christian life is that Christ expects us to flee sin and the devil, but does not expect us to rid ourselves of either on this side of glory. Repentance is a way of life, and so is the pursuit of godliness. I wish every Christian could be reminded of these two things.

7

Barbara Ehrenreich

Individually the poor are not too tempting to thieves, for obvious reasons. Mug a banker and you might score a wallet containing a month's rent. Mug a janitor and you will be lucky to get away with bus fare to flee the crime scene.

8

Ferdowsi

How shall a man escape from that which is written; How shall he flee from his destiny?

9

John Gay

Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.

10

Arthur Golden

We can never flee the misery that is within us.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLEE»

Discover the use of flee in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flee and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Flee

She's an elite spy, working for an agency so secret only three people know it exists.

J. A. Konrath, Ann Voss Peterson, 2012

Flee

They say that old habits die hard. I have to agree. Just look at my father. He still hasn't kicked the habit of abandoning me. But that's all right. Because if he can run...so can I.

Francine Pascal, 2012

Forced to Flee: Human Rights and Human Wrongs in Refugee ...

Author Peter W. Van Arsdale presents first-hand fieldwork conducted over a 30-year span in six refugee homelands ranging from Sudan to Bosnia.

Peter W. Van Arsdale, 2006

Flee the Captor

The story of John Henry Weidner, a hero of history's greatest holocaust, who saved the lives of 800 Jews, more than 100 Allied aviators, and many others who fled Nazism.

Herbert Ford, 1966

Flee The Darkness

In his first fiction thriller, prophecy expert and apologist Grant Jeffrey spins a chilling tale surrounding computer genius Daniel Prentice and a secret "millennium code.

Grant Jeffrey, 1999

Scamper and Flee

Ages 4-8.

Ellen Myers, 2006

Flee the Night

Too bad his heart won't stay out of the way. With a little girl's life and national secrets hanging in the balance, Jim and Lacey must trust God to help them flee the secrets of the night.

Susan May Warren, 2011

Where Faintest Sunlights Flee: A Supernatural Thriller

WELCOME TO LETHE "EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED" EST. 1888 POP. 5897 In 1959, outside an old cemetery in a small Alabama town, two teenagers were found burned to death in their car.

Johnnie-Noel Brittain, 2003

Flee 9-5: Get 6 - 7 Figures and Do What You Love

With this book in hand, you'll learn to use social media and modern marketing techniques to build a brand, create revenue streams, and earn a six- to seven-figure income.

Ben Angel, 2013

Flee to the Mountains: Book One of the Sanctuary Ranch Series

The United States is on the brink of chaos, with terrorism threats and the persecution of Christians continuing to escalate.

Donna J. Benson, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLEE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flee is used in the context of the following news items.

Serbia's prime minister is forced to flee ceremony at Srebrenica's …

Tens of thousands of people gathered at a graveyard in Bosnia-Herzegovina yesterday to mark the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

More than a million flee as typhoon pounds China

BEIJING — A strong typhoon pounded the Chinese coast south of Shanghai on Saturday with strong winds and heavy rainfall, submerging ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»

Wildfires: Whould homeowners fight or flee?

A fire fighter helps fight wildfire in the La Ronge, Sask. area, while a fire truck sprays water to dose the flames, on July 4, 2015. (Saskatchewan ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»

Russian troops 'flee unit, fearing Ukraine deployment'

Dozens of Russian soldiers are facing trial for fleeing their unit, fearing deployment to Ukraine, a news site and a lawyer for five of the men said ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»

Mixed Feelings As More Britons Flee Tunisia

Many Brits forced to flee have openly expressed their dismay at having to cut short their holidays. "I'm very disappointed, I feel safe. I feel safer ... «Sky News, Jul 15»

UK Tells Brits to Flee Arab Spring Success Story Tunisia

Tunisia was where the legend of the Arab Spring began. Western leaders nauseatingly paid endless tribute to the illegal vendor who set ... «FrontPage Magazine, Jul 15»

Woman hit and killed along Livingston Ave.; Drivers flee scene

COLUMBUS (WCMH) – A woman was killed overnight after being hit by two vehicles along East Livingston Avenue. According to Columbus ... «NBC4i.com, Jul 15»

Suspect in Deadly DUI Crash Arrested Amid Plans to Flee, Police Say

Investigators received information that the defendant was planning to flee to Mexico, prompting the arrest warrant, Walker said. Palacios is now ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»

Popcorn fire forces 3000 to flee movie theaters in Orange

Around 3,000 moviegoers were evacuated from a theater complex in Orange as firefighters dealt with a small, non-injury fire. The fire was ... «MyNewsLA.com, Jul 15»

Tourists flee Tunisia after terror attack

Tourists flee Tunisia after terror attack. 4 minutes ago. share. BBC. Source: Tourists flee Tunisia after terror attack ... «TVNZ, Jul 15»