Takeoff
Definitions
- A launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.
- A parody or lampoon of someone or something.
- A quantification, especially of building materials.
- The removal of sheets from the press.
- The spot from which one takes off; specifically, the place from which a jumper rises in leaping.
- The initial movement a surfer makes to start riding a wave.
Equivalents
26 more languages
Catalàenlairament
Ελληνικάαπογείωση
Galegoparodia
Magyarfelszállás
Bahasa Indonesialepas landas
Íslenskaflugtak
Italianodecollo
日本語離陸
Kurdîstart
Nederlandsopstijgen
Românădecolare
Türkçekalkış
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.”
“Weird Al's song "Lasagna" is a takeoff on the popular song "La Bamba".”
“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.”
“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."”
“I'll give⟳ you an estimate⟳ after I do the quantity takeoffs for the trusses and structural steel.”
“Encyclopaedia of Sport The take-off should be selected with great care, and a pit of large dimensions provided on the landing side.”
“Steamer Lane, home of the world's latest takeoff.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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