Takeoff

Definition: Takeoff

Takeoff

Noun

1. A departure; especially of airplanes.

2. The initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne.

3. A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way.

4. Humorous or satirical mimicry.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Takeoff

Crosswords: Takeoff

That's like a business class ticket to cool with complementary mojo after takeoff! I gotta learn an instrument (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

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Books

• Builder's Essentials: Plan Reading & Material Takeoff (reference)

• Cleared For Takeoff! 50 Ways Parents Can Help Their Teenagers Grow Up, Out And Into A Life Of Their Own (reference)

• Mobile Commerce in Asia: Almost Set for Takeoff [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Review of Defense Related Vertical and Short Takeoff and Landing Aircraft Programs (reference)

• Takeoff (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Cleared for Takeoff (reference)

• Nathalie Prepares for Takeoff (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Cleared For Takeoff (reference)

• Takeoff (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Kicking up a little loose ice and snow during takeoff. The last plane at South Pole Station before the fall sunset. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Operating on training duty, with six SNJ "Texan" aircraft on deck lined up for takeoff, circa the later 1940s or early 1950s. The photo's original caption reads "The stage is set for the final scene of Basic Training: the flight students will qualify six carrier landings in SNJ 'Texans' and the curtain will descend on the graduation finale.". Credit: NAVY.

Grumman F6F-5 "Hellcat" fighters prepare for takeoff, circa May 1945. Credit: NAVY.

On board USS Roe (Destroyer # 24) on 14 November 1910, shortly after his flight off the deck of USS Birmingham (Scout Cruiser # 2). This was the first airplane takeoff from a warship. Credit: NAVY.

An Army Air Forces B-25B bombers awaits the takeoff signal on the flight deck of USS Hornet (CV-8), as the raid is launched, 18 April 1942. Note Flight Deck Officer holding launch flag at right, and white stripes painted on the flight deck to guide the pilot's alignment of his plane's nose and port side wheels. Credit: NAVY.

USAAF B-25B bomber lines up for takeoff from USS Hornet (CV-8), on the morning of 18 April 1942. Note white lines painted on the flight deck, below the plane's nose and port side wheels, to guide the pilot during his takeoff run. This is the 3rd or 4th plane to be launched. Credit: NAVY.

Ready for takeoff from a Japanese aircraft carrier, 1942. This view was probably taken on board Shokaku as she prepared to launch aircraft in the morning of 26 October 1942, during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. Japanese writing in lower right states that the image was reproduced by authorization of the Navy Ministry. Credit: NAVY.

Mitchell Field. Eagle poised for flight. An American pursuit pilot buckles on his parachute just before the takeoff. Credit: Library of Congress.

The takeoff, Sequoia National Park, California. Credit: Library of Congress.

Orville seated in Wright airplane with Albert B. Lambert before takeoff; Simms Station, Dayton, Ohio. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Economic History

Nigeria

Over the past 12 months, most financial institutions and other major end-users of information and communications technology and equipment in Nigeria such as oil companies have initiated programs such as electronic payment systems aimed at facilitating full takeoff of e-commerce in Nigeria. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "takeoff": cleared for takeoff ♦ horizontal takeoff ♦ maximum except takeoff power ♦ ready for takeoff ♦ takeoff booster ♦ takeoff leg ♦ takeoff power ♦ takeoff rocket ♦ takeoff runway ♦ verify direction of takeoff ♦ vertical takeoff ♦ vertical takeoff and landing ♦ wet takeoff. Additional references.

Chinese 

起飞 (Take-off). (various references)

Czech

vzlet (ascent, swing, take off), start (blastoff, start, starting post, take off), parodie (burlesque, parody, skit, take off, travesty), odraz (bounce, rebound, reflection, reflexion, reverberation, ricochet, take off). (various references)

Danish

tilslutning for galvanisk beskyttelse (potential takeoff), VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing, VTOL), starttilladelse (cleared for takeoff), starteffekt (takeoff power), startbane (takeoff runway), start med vandindsprøjtning (wet takeoff), parat til start (ready for takeoff), maksimumydelse bortset fra start (maximum except takeoff power, METO), horisontal start (horizontal takeoff), berigtig afgangskurs (verify direction of takeoff). (various references)

Dutch

toestemming tot starten (cleared for takeoff), vertikale start en landing (vertical takeoff and landing, VTOL), startvermogen (takeoff power), startbaan (takeoff runway), potentiaalafname (potential takeoff), PAB is gereed om op te stijgen (ready for takeoff), met vertikale start en landing (vertical takeoff and landing, VTOL), maximaal duurvermogen (maximum except takeoff power, METO), horizontale start (horizontal takeoff), controleer en bevestig take-off richting (verify direction of takeoff), afwikkelhaspel (takeoff spool, take-off spool). (various references)

Finnish

valmis (completed, finished, prepared, ready, through), suurin jatkuva teho (maximum except takeoff power, METO), selvä lentoonlähtöön (cleared for takeoff), pystysuora lentoonlähtö ja lasku (vertical takeoff and landing, VTOL), lentoonlähtöteho (takeoff power), lentoonlähtökiitotie (takeoff runway), lentoonlähtö vesiruiskutusta käyttäen (wet takeoff), katodisuojaus (cathodic protection, potential takeoff). (various references)

French

simili, imitation, décollage économique, décollage (take off). (various references)

German

start (activation, blastoff, boot, departure, kickoff, launch, lift off, liftoff, opening, runway, shot, start, starting, starting grid, starting line, starting post, take off), parodie (burlesque, parody, spoof, take off), nachahmung (copy, copying, emulation, imitation, impersonation, impression, mimicking, mimicry, simulation, take off, take-off), ansatz (approach, appropriation, attachment, attempt, basic approach, beginning, coating, departure, deposition, estimate, extension, first sign, formation, join, layer, rudiment, run up, take off), absprung (dismount, jump, leap, take off), abflug (departure, migration, take off), abfliegen (depart, fly away, fly off, fly over, go, migrate, take off). (various references)

Greek 

ΚΑΡ (vertical takeoff and landing, VTOL), ΚΑ� (packet assembler/disassembler, vertical takeoff and landing, VTOL), κάθετης απογείωσης και προσγείωσης (vertical takeoff and landing, VTOL), κάθετη απογείωση καί προσγείωση (vertical takeoff and landing, VTOL), έτοιμος για απογείωση (ready for takeoff), ισχύς απογειώσεως (takeoff power), μέγιστη ισχύς απεριόριστης διάρκειας (maximum except takeoff power, METO), εξακριβώσατε κατεύθυνση απογείωσης (verify direction of takeoff), ελεύθερος για απογείωση (cleared for takeoff), απογείωση με έγχυση (wet takeoff), τύμπανο ξετυλίγματος (takeoff spool, take-off spool), οριζόντια απογείωση (horizontal takeoff), διάδρομος απογείωσης (takeoff runway). (various references)

Italian

atterrare (alight, cast, fell, knock down, land, Lodge, poleax, poleaxe, throw, touch down). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

離陸. (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

りすい (irrigation), りりく, はっし�" (departure, dispatch, eruption, oscillation, rash, transmission). (various references)

Pig Latin

akeofftay.(various references)

Portuguese

toma de potencial (potential takeoff), VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing, VTOL), verificar direcção de descolagem (verify direction of takeoff), pronto para levantar voo (ready for takeoff), potência máxima excepto � descolagem (maximum except takeoff power, METO), pista de descolagem (runway), descolagem horizontal (horizontal takeoff), descolagem e aterragem vertical (vertical takeoff and landing, VTOL), descolagem com injecção de água (wet takeoff), de descolagem e aterragem vertical (vertical takeoff and landing, VTOL), carretel de saída (takeoff spool, take-off spool), autorizado a descolar (cleared for takeoff). (various references)

Russian 

дефект (defect, fault). (various references)

Spanish

despegue (blast off). (various references)

Swedish

uppstigning (ascendant, ascension, ascent, emergence, emersion, rising), uppstigande (ascendant, ascension, ascent, emergence, emersion, rising), startplats (take-off), start (get away, get-away, inception, launch, lift off, post, start), parodi (mockery, parody, send up, skit, spoof, travesty), lyft (boost, hoist, lift, lifted), imitation (dummy, imitation, impersonation, impression, mimicry, mock, mockery, postiche, sham), avstamp (take-off). (various references)

Thai

การเลียนแบบ (imitation, mockery, take-off), การร่อนขึ้นจากพื้น�"ิน, จุ�"เริ่มต้น (beginning, origin). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "takeoff": takeoffs. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Takeoff" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ackoff, Fakaofo, Makoff, rakeoff. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: fake, fate, feat, feta, keto, take, teak, teff, toea, toff, toke.

-4 letters: aff, aft, ate, eat, eff, eft, eta, fat, fet, foe, kae, kaf, kat, kea, kef, koa, oaf, oak, oat, off, oft, oka, oke, tae, tao, tea, toe.

-5 letters: ae, at, ef, et, fa, ka, oe, of, ta, to.

+1 letter: takeoffs.