flee

CEFRC1

/ˈfliː/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To run away from danger or a place.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To disappear quickly; to vanish; to fleet.

Examples

  • Flee ever so fast, you cannot flee your fortune.

  • Hope is the last thing that man has to flee unto.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈflɪi̯]

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To escape from.

  2. To run away; to escape.

More examples

In context

  • Many refugees have been forced to flee their homeland.

  • Many people fled the country as war loomed.

  • The prisoner tried to flee, but was caught by the guards.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English flen, from Old English flēon, from Proto-West Germanic *fleuhan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-, *plew- (“to fly, flow, run”). Cognate with Dutch vlieden, German fliehen, Icelandic flýja, Swedish fly, Gothic 𐌸𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þliuhan). Within English, related to fly and more distantly to flow.