Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with plane in American Collocation
plane
noun
countable
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
travel somewhere on a plane
Jon immediately caught a plane to Pennsylvania when he heard his mother was sick.
get on a plane
He forgot his passport and wasn’t allowed to board the plane.
get off a plane
The heat hit me as I stepped off the plane at Delhi.
arrive too late to get a plane
We almost missed the plane because the car broke down on the way to the airport.
fly a plane
The pilot was drunk and shouldn’t have been flying the plane.
make a plane come down to the ground
She managed to land the plane safely.
take control of a plane illegally while it is flying
On September 11, 2001, four planes were hijacked over American skies.
a plane comes down to the ground
I was asleep and didn’t feel the slight bump as the plane touched down.
a plane leaves the ground and moves up into the sky
At 12:25 our plane took off for Stavanger.
a plane has people or things in it
A UN plane carrying one U.S. citizen and two Philippine nationals crashed in a field earlier today.
a plane moves through the sky
The plane flew over the city.
a plane hits something by accident
The plane crashed in Wales, killing all on board.