EGAVE

sortie

About 0.45 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun : An attack made by troops from a besieged position; a sally. An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft.
  2. noun An attack made by troops from a besieged position; a sally.
  3. noun An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft.
  4. noun : An act of venturing out to do a task, etc. : An act of trying to enter a new field of activity. An attacking move. An operational flight carried out by a spacecraft involving a return to Earth. Synonym of sally port (“an entry to or opening into a fortification to enable a sally”). A series of aerial photographs taken during the flight of an aircraft; a photography session.
  5. noun An act of venturing out to do a task, etc.
  6. noun : An act of trying to enter a new field of activity. An attacking move.
  7. noun An act of trying to enter a new field of activity.
  8. noun An attacking move.

Similar words

sally outing trip playdate dismount off-ramp egress discharge outbound emergence

Often followed by

from of was de to in and on into

Word family

sortied sortieing sorties

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