aviation

noun

avi·a·tion ˌā-vē-ˈā-shən

ˌa-

often attributive

Synonyms of aviation next

: the operation of aircraft

a pioneer in the early days of aviation

a career in aviation

sometimes, specifically : the operation of heavier-than-air aircraft

Fascinated from that moment on by aviation, [John] Montgomery pursued pioneering experiments in the design of a heavier-than-air glider … —

Kevin Starr

: military airplanes

carrier-based aviation

: airplane manufacture, development, and design

By that time, [Theodore P.] Wright already had established himself as a leading figure in American aviation.—

Michael Rothschild

Examples of aviation in a Sentence

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The country is observing seven days of national mourning following the deadliest disaster in South Korea’s aviation history in decades. —

Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025 South Korea Crash Image See these videos and maps that show how a Jeju Air flight crashed and became the deadliest aviation disaster in years. —

German Lopez, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025 The crash is South Korea's deadliest aviation disaster in decades, prompting a seven-day national mourning period. —

Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024 Analysts at aviation site Flightradar24 said their data suggested the pilots might have been trying to fly past the airport to allow crews on the ground to determine whether their landing gear had failed to deploy. —

Kelly Kasulis Cho, arkansasonline.com, 30 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for aviation