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PRONUNCIATION OF FLY-PAST

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLY-PAST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fly-Past is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FLY-PAST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Flypast

A flypast is a ceremonial or honorific flight by a group of aircraft or a single aircraft. The term flypast is used in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. In the United States, the terms flyover and flyby are used. Flypasts are often tied in with Royal or state events, anniversaries, celebrations - and occasionally funerary or memorial occasions. Sometimes flypasts occur in special situations, to honour someone or to celebrate certain types of aircraft. They have affinities with parades, of which they form the aerial component. Often they occur in purely display contexts at airshows, but it is the flypasts linked with civic, ceremonial and national pride, that imprint themselves on a nation's memory. These spectacular and daring displays of military - and occasionally passenger - aircraft, are described in broadcast and print media as "historic". Flypasts are regularly featured in public and ceremonial life in the United Kingdom, where they function as a particular kind of aerial salute. They serve to show respect, display aircraft, showcase flying skills and delight the public, e.g.

Definition of fly-past in the English dictionary

The definition of fly-past in the dictionary is a ceremonial flight of aircraft over a given area Also called : flyover.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLY-PAST

fly the flag
fly way
fly-by-light
fly-by-night
fly-by-wire
fly-drive
fly-fish
fly-fisher
fly-fishing
fly-on-the-wall documentary
fly-tipper
fly-tipping
fly-to-let
flyable
flyaway
flyback
flybane
flybelt
flyblow
flyblown

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLY-PAST

antepast
antispast
bypast
compast
deep in the past
forepast
march past
nonpast
past
repast
the past

Synonyms and antonyms of fly-past in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fly-past» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLY-PAST

Find out the translation of fly-past to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fly-past from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fly-past» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

飞过去
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mosca pasado
570 millions of speakers

English

fly-past
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फ्लाई पास्ट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يطير الماضي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

летать - мимо
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fly- passado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উড়ে-পাস্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

défilé aérien
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fly-past
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fliegen - Vergangenheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フライ過去
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

플라이 과거
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fly-past
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bay - qua
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பறக்க-கடந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उडणारी भूत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gösteri uçuşu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fly -past
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fly - przeszłość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

літати - мимо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

zbura - trecut
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μύγα - παρελθόν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vlieg - verlede
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fly- förflutna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fly - fortid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fly-past

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLY-PAST»

The term «fly-past» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.904 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLY-PAST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fly-past» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fly-past» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fly-past

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLY-PAST»

Discover the use of fly-past in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fly-past and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Violence Expressed: An Anthropological Approach
and equipment. There are also food stalls, booths selling military paraphernalia and a few (rather small) photographic displays of previous and ongoing missions of the air-force. But by far the most impressive part of the day is the fly-past.
Nerina Weiss, Ms Maria Six-Hohenbalken, 2012
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New Cosmic Horizons: Space Astronomy from the V2 to the ...
possibility of one spacecraft launched during the period 1976-80 to fly past Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune sequentially. Conceived in 1964 by Michael Minovitch of UCLA, this potential mission would use the gravity of one planet to ...
David Leverington, 2000
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International Warbirds: An Illustrated Guide to World ...
“Flying Boats of the Royal Air Force,” Fly Past No. 133 (August, 1992): 65–67. Walrus Davies, Richard. “The Time Has Come, the Walrus Said,” Aeroplane Monthly 23 (October, 1995): 50–54. Franks, Norman. Another Kind of Courage: Stories ...
John C. Fredriksen, 2001
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The Battle of Britain: Five Months That Changed History; ...
... www.radarpages.co.uk Ellis, Ken, 'First of the Many', Hurricane –A Fly Past Special—, 'Turning Rubble into Gold', Fly Past, October 2009 Gretzyngier, Robert , 'The Polish Few', Battle of Britain – A Fly Past Special Jones, R. V., 'RAF Scientific ...
James Holland, 2011
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Science-fiction: The Gernsback Years : a Complete Coverage ...
164, 228, 324, 444 (fly past), 452, 455 (through time), 456, 472, 489, 580 (fly past ), 652 (in past), 690, 754 (proposed fly past), 921, 963, 1045 (fly past), 1083 (fly past), 1084, 1 183 (proposed), 1215, 1216, 1223, 1235 (proposed), 1283, 1289 ...
Everett Franklin Bleiler, 1998
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Fly Navy: The View From the Cockpit 1945-2000
892's contribution was to be a formation fly-past at high speed, followed by a low- speed pass with everything hanging down, wheels, flaps, hooks etc — an easy ride for me down in the 'coal hole', with John Carey doing all the work. All went ...
Charles Manning, 2000
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New Scientist
2: Space probes to fly past Halley's Comet Four space probes will voyage to Halley's Comet. The Japanese, the Europeans and the Soviet Union are all sending up spacecraft The first appearance of Halley's Comet this time around Drugs to ...
8
Verbtabellen Englisch
... will be flying will have flown will be flying will have flown will be flying will have flown Present Present simple I fly you fly he/she/it flies we fly you fly they fly Past Past simple I flew you flew he/she/it flew we flew you flew they flew Future Future  ...
Georgina Hodge, 2012
9
FAST JETS:
'I gave a farmer a fly past and I've also given a golf club two fly pasts!' exclaimed Tredders. 'You are such an idiot. You will be in so much trouble when you get home,' said Oli. Tredders didn't seem bothered. Back at base Boss had received  ...
Graeme Brookes, 2012
10
Fly Fishing Small Streams
Let's take that same spot, but make the fast current more like a glide. It's not as much work for the fish to dart out there now, and he can see farther into it, too, so you may be able to get away with running the fly past him out in the main current.
John Gierach, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLY-PAST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fly-past is used in the context of the following news items.
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Battle of Britain fly-past: best pictures of impressive Changing the …
Cruising majestically through the London summer sky, RAF fighters from the Second World War and today formed a fly-past over Buckingham ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Battle of Britain: Watch live stream of royal fly-past to mark 75th …
The Queen will view a fly-past from the balcony of Buckingham Palace today, on the 75th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Britain. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Prince William Joins the Queen for Buckingham Palace Fly-Past
George & Charlotte's big day out! Marked by country warmth and classic style, the royals celebrate a christening fit for a princess. Subscribe ... «People Magazine, Jul 15»
4
Philip 'swore at photographer'
After watching a fly-past over Buckingham Palace of historic Spitfires and Hurricanes, Philip, the Duke of Cambridge and the Earl and Countess ... «The Star, Jul 15»
5
Rare fly-past planned at Burghley Park Cricket Week
As part of the build-up to the finals day for the famous Burghley Sixes competition the club have secured a fly-past from the Battle of Britain ... «Rutland and Stamford Mercury, Jul 15»
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Red Arrows fly-past tops off first emergency services heritage event …
"We got very lucky because we had a fly-past from the Red Arrows, which we hadn't arranged, and also from a Vulcan bomber, which flew over ... «Nottingham Post, Jul 15»
7
Pluto: Nasa probe set for fly-past of frozen 'dwarf planet'
The robotic probe, which weighs half a tonne and is shaped like a vacuum cleaner attachment, will fly past Pluto, its cameras and instruments ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
8
Red Arrows fly past at Fleet Hargate motel fundraiser
The display team is expected to do a fly-past at the Anglia Motel's event on Saturday, being held in aid of the Royal Anglian Benevolent Fund. «Spalding Guardian, Jun 15»
9
Spitfires fly-past
Spitfires fly-past ... A PAIR of Spitfires from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will perform a fly-past for the Caversham church fete on Saturday, ... «Henley Standard, Jun 15»
10
Spitfire fly-past tomorrow
HIBALDSTOW Open Gardens and Scarecrow Day will be held in the village from 10am to 5pm on Sunday (June 28). The annual event is now ... «Scunthorpe Telegraph, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Fly-Past [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/fly-past>. Apr 2024 ».
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