Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A short stop or break in a journey, usually imposed by scheduling requirements, as of airline flights.
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- noun A
pause in ajourney .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a brief stay in the course of a journey
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Examples
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At least my layover is a longish one; even if my take-off is delayed, I probably won't miss my connecting flight (knock on wood).
September 16th, 2005 nonspecific 2005
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The layover is short and the overall travel time is only about 16 hours, from Virginia to Beirut...
To Beirut.... Khalil 2009
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The layover is short and the overall travel time is only about 16 hours, from Virginia to Beirut...
Archive 2009-04-01 Khalil 2009
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Our layover was a day in Paris – what a great place!
Archive 2007-05-01 Doug Melvin Boise Idaho 2007
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Our layover was a day in Paris – what a great place!
Aquaculture in Africa Journal: Letters from a Zaire Peace Corps Volunteer Doug Melvin Boise Idaho 2007
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Whether it's alcohol, all the Xanax you took, the Ambien someone told you was a good idea or the fact that you're just plain tired, going to sleep on a layover is a bad, bad idea.
Gadling 2010
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I have (had, he-he, had!) a ten minute "layover" and usually bought an orange juice and a muffin at the 24-hour McDonalds situated in Dundas West station.
trinityboy Diary Entry trinityboy 2006
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We would thoroughly recommend a 'layover' on a long trip such as we had.
TravelPod.com TravelStream? ? Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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They recovered everything from simple paper matches to a "layover" that consisted of matches balanced on a single cigarette to more elaborate devices made up of wooden matches grouped around a cigarette and secured with duct tape or a rubber band.
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They recovered everything from simple paper matches to a "layover" that consisted of matches balanced on a single cigarette to more elaborate devices made up of wooden matches grouped around a cigarette and secured with duct tape or a rubber band.
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