aviate

a·vi·ate

A0546800 (ā′vē-āt′, ăv′ē-)intr.v. a·vi·at·ed, a·vi·at·ing, a·vi·ates To operate an aircraft; fly.

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[Back-formation from aviation.]

aviate

(ˈeɪvɪˌeɪt) vb (Aeronautics) to pilot or fly in an aircraft

a•vi•ate

(ˈeɪ viˌeɪt, ˈæv i-)

v.i. -at•ed, -at•ing. to fly or fly in an aircraft. [1885–90; back formation from aviation]

aviate

Past participle: aviated
Gerund: aviating

Imperative
aviate
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Present
I aviate
you aviate
he/she/it aviates
we aviate
you aviate
they aviate

Preterite
I aviated
you aviated
he/she/it aviated
we aviated
you aviated
they aviated

Present Continuous
I am aviating
you are aviating
he/she/it is aviating
we are aviating
you are aviating
they are aviating

Present Perfect
I have aviated
you have aviated
he/she/it has aviated
we have aviated
you have aviated
they have aviated

Past Continuous
I was aviating
you were aviating
he/she/it was aviating
we were aviating
you were aviating
they were aviating

Past Perfect
I had aviated
you had aviated
he/she/it had aviated
we had aviated
you had aviated
they had aviated

Future
I will aviate
you will aviate
he/she/it will aviate
we will aviate
you will aviate
they will aviate

Future Perfect
I will have aviated
you will have aviated
he/she/it will have aviated
we will have aviated
you will have aviated
they will have aviated

Future Continuous
I will be aviating
you will be aviating
he/she/it will be aviating
we will be aviating
you will be aviating
they will be aviating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been aviating
you have been aviating
he/she/it has been aviating
we have been aviating
you have been aviating
they have been aviating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been aviating
you will have been aviating
he/she/it will have been aviating
we will have been aviating
you will have been aviating
they will have been aviating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been aviating
you had been aviating
he/she/it had been aviating
we had been aviating
you had been aviating
they had been aviating

Conditional
I would aviate
you would aviate
he/she/it would aviate
we would aviate
you would aviate
they would aviate

Past Conditional
I would have aviated
you would have aviated
he/she/it would have aviated
we would have aviated
you would have aviated
they would have aviated

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

aviate - operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba"pilot, flyair travel, aviation, air - travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air"aircraft - a vehicle that can flycontrol, operate - handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever"fly - transport by aeroplane; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America"fly - travel in an airplane; "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?"fly - travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft; "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic"fly blind - fly an airplane solely by relying on instrumentsfly contact - fly a plane by using visible landmarks or points of referencesolo - fly alone, without a co-pilot or passengerstest fly - test a planejet - fly a jet planeglide - fly in or as if in a glider planehydroplane, seaplane - glide on the water in a hydroplaneballoon - ride in a hot-air balloon; "He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China"flat-hat, hedgehop - fly very close to the groundhang glide, soar - fly by means of a hang glider

Translations

fliegen