takeoff

CEFRB1

/tˈeɪˌkɔf/

noun

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Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

A quantification, especially of building materials.
A launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.
The spot from which one takes off; specifically, the place from which a jumper rises in leaping.

In context

The flight was smooth, but the takeoff was a little rough.
The mute swan, being one of the world's heaviest flying birds, can have a laborious takeoff.
That high-jumper's takeoff needs some work.

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I came across a little pamphlet of the period, yellow and almost undecipherable, which, on examination, I found to be a rather amusing skit or satirical take-off on the profit system.
1897, Edward Bellamy, “ch. 23”, in Equality
I had originally titled it, On Claiming An Identity They Taught Me To Despise. I said that having been a Renaissance historian, I was doing a take-off of the Latin tracts—"On This," "On That," "On the Beauty of Women."
1981 February 7, Beth Hodges, Michelle Cliff, “An Interview With Michelle Cliff”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 28, page 8
Steamer Lane, home of the world's latest takeoff.
1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer

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Etymology tree English take offdeverb. English takeoff Deverbal from take off.