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takeoff

noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A parody or lampoon of someone or something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Weird Al's song "Lasagna" is a takeoff on the popular song "La Bamba".

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A quantification, especially of building materials.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • I'll give you an estimate after I do the quantity takeoffs for the trusses and structural steel.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The removal of sheets from the press.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, countable, historical, uncountable

Topics: media, printing, publishing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The spot from which one takes off; specifically, the place from which a jumper rises in leaping.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Encyclopaedia of Sport The take-off should be selected with great care, and a pit of large dimensions provided on the landing side.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The initial movement a surfer makes to start riding a wave.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, surfing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

a departure; especially of airplanes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: departure, going, going away, leaving

8

noun

Meaning 8

humorous or satirical mimicry

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: parody, mockery

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: apery, mimicry

9

noun

Meaning 9

a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: caricature, imitation, impersonation

10

noun

Meaning 10

the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rise, rising, ascent, ascension

History

Etymology

Deverbal from take off.

Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِقْلَاع (ʔiqlāʕ) — start of flight
  • Belarusian: вы́лет (výljet) — start of flight
  • Belarusian: узлёт (uzljót) — start of flight
  • Bulgarian: изли́тане (izlítane) — start of flight
  • Catalan: enlairament — start of flight
  • Catalan: envol — start of flight
  • Chinese Mandarin: 起飛 /起飞 (qǐfēi) — start of flight
  • Czech: vzlet — start of flight
  • Danish: afgang — start of flight
  • Danish: start — start of flight
  • Dutch: opstijgen — start of flight
  • Finnish: lähtö — start of flight
  • Finnish: nousu — start of flight
  • French: décollage — start of flight
  • Galician: engalaxe — start of flight
  • German: Abflug — start of flight
  • German: Start — start of flight
  • Greek: απογείωση (apogeíosi) — start of flight
  • Hungarian: felszállás — start of flight
  • Icelandic: flugtak — start of flight
  • Indonesian: lepas landas — start of flight
  • Italian: decollo — start of flight
  • Japanese: 離陸 (ririku) — start of flight
  • Korean: 이륙 (iryuk) — start of flight
  • Korean: 리륙 (riryuk) — start of flight
  • Macedonian: полет (polet) — start of flight
  • Macedonian: полетување (poletuvanje) — start of flight
  • Polish: start — start of flight
  • Polish: wzlot — start of flight
  • Portuguese: decolagem — start of flight
  • Portuguese: descolagem — start of flight
  • Romanian: decolare — start of flight
  • Russian: вы́лет (výlet) — start of flight
  • Russian: взлёт (vzljot) — start of flight
  • Serbo-Croatian: у́злет — start of flight
  • Serbo-Croatian: úzlet — start of flight
  • Slovak: vzlet — start of flight
  • Slovene: vzlet — start of flight
  • Spanish: despegue — start of flight
  • Spanish: decolaje — start of flight
  • Turkish: kalkış — start of flight
  • Ukrainian: ви́літ (výlit) — start of flight
  • Ukrainian: зліт (zlit) — start of flight
  • Bulgarian: паро́дия (paródija) — parody
  • Bulgarian: карикату́ра (karikatúra) — parody
  • Estonian: pila — parody
  • Estonian: nöök — parody
  • Estonian: paroodia — parody
  • Finnish: irvailu — parody
  • Finnish: parodia — parody
  • Galician: parodia — parody
  • Galician: ludibrio — parody
  • Galician: mofa — parody
  • Polish: parodia — parody
  • Polish: naśladownictwo — parody
  • Russian: паро́дия (paródija) — parody
  • Russian: подража́ние (podražánije) — parody
  • Russian: карикату́ра (karikatúra) — parody
  • Spanish: parodia — parody
  • Turkish: kalkış — parody
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