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flight number

/ˈflaɪt ˌnʌmbər/

Meanings
noun
(travel) A callsign assigned to a commercial flight for the purposes of reservation and ticketing, typically consisting of a 2 character airline code and a 1 to 4 digit number to indicate a particular service.

Examples :

""To check if my sister's plane landed on time, I need to find her flight number on the airport's website." "
vehicle service communication traffic

Related Words

Illustration airline

airline noun

/ˈeərlɑɪn/ /ˈɛərlaɪn/

A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods.

"My family booked tickets with the airline for their vacation to Hawaii. "

Illustration callsign

callsign noun

/ˈkɔlˌsaɪn/

A combination of letters and numbers used to identify a radio or television station.

"My grandmother's radio station uses the callsign KLR-10. "

Illustration reservation

reservation noun

/ˌɹɛzəˈveɪʃən/ /ˌɹɛzɚˈveɪʃən/

The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.

"The committee authorised the reservation of funds."

Illustration particular

particular noun

/pəˈtɪkjələ/ /pəˈtɪkjəlɚ/

A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.

"The teacher pointed out a particular detail in the math problem that several students missed. "

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purposes noun

/ˈpɜːpəsɪz/ /ˈpɝpəsɪz/

An objective to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal.

"The student studied hard with the purposes of getting good grades and graduating on time. "

Illustration commercial

commercial noun

/kəˈmɜːʃəl/ /kəˈmɝʃəl/

An advertisement in a common media format, usually radio or television.

"The school played a commercial for their new after-school program on the radio. "

Illustration consisting

consisting verb

/kənˈsɪstɪŋ/

To be.

"The project consists of three main parts. "

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typically adverb

/ˈtɪp.ɪ.kl.i/

In a typical or common manner.

"My sister, typically, wakes up early for school. "

Illustration character

character noun

/ˈkæɹəktə/ /ˈkæɹəktɚ/

A being involved in the action of a story.

"The main character in the school play was a brave student. "

Illustration assigned

assigned verb

/əˈsaɪnd/

To designate or set apart something for some purpose.

"to assign a day for trial"

Illustration indicate

indicate verb

/ˈɪndɪkeɪt/

To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.

"The guard blew his whistle to indicate imminent departure."

Illustration ticketing

ticketing verb

/ˈtɪkɪtɪŋ/ /ˈtɪkətɪŋ/

To issue someone a ticket, as for travel or for a violation of a local or traffic law.

"The police officer is ticketing cars parked illegally near the school. "