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Meaning of overflight | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The flight of an aircraft over a particular place; used especially to refer to a flight over foreign or enemy territory.

Equivalents

Español sobrevuelo
Suomi ylilento
Italiano sorvolo
Polski przelot

Examples

“Nicaragua has been investigating the possibility that the 1985 outbreak of dengue fever along its Honduran border may have resulted from the release of infected mosquitos by U.S. reconnaissance overflights.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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