Meanings
adjectivemidflight (not comparable)
- not comparableOccurring in the middle portion of a flight.
We had a midflight meal.
1 more example
Federal officials examining the horrifying midflight blowout of part of an Alaska Airlines aircraft’s fuselage are testing the detached piece for clues on what led up to the plane’s “explosive decompression” after the missing piece was discovered in an Oregon backyard.
2024 January 8, Paradise Afshar, Elizabeth Wolfe, Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, “New details emerge on piece of Alaska Airlines plane that blew off midflight as investigators probe ‘explosive decompression’”, in CNN
adverbmidflight (not comparable)
nounmidflight (uncountable)
- uncountableA point in time during flight.
You can't eject a troublemaker from a plane in midflight!
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*me
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
- Proto-Germanic*midjaz
- Proto-West Germanic*midi
- Old Englishmidd
- Middle Englishmid
- Englishmid
- Englishmid-
- Proto-Indo-European*plew-
- Proto-Indo-European*plewk-
- Proto-Indo-European*pléwketi
- Proto-Germanic*fleuganą
- Proto-West Germanic*fleugan
- Proto-West Germanic*fluhti
- Old Englishflyht
- Middle Englishflight
- Englishflight
- Englishmidflight
Cite this entry
APA
midflight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midflight
MLA
“midflight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midflight. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “midflight,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midflight.
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