airline B1 Topic:Business & Commerce US /ˈɛɹˌlaɪn/ UK /ˈɛəˌlaɪn/ See IPA manual Freq #9103 Meanings 1 noun A company that provides flights to carry passengers and goods. The airline added several new routes to Asia this year. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a company that provides... air carrier Word family Forms airlines Common collocations national airline Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From air + line. Topics Business & Commerce External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # airline **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈɛɹˌlaɪn/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɛəˌlaɪn/ **Frequency rank:** 9103 ## Meanings 1. A company that provides flights to carry passengers and goods. ## Examples - The airline added several new routes to Asia this year. ## Etymology From air + line. ## AI Etymology Airline is from air plus line. The formation is semantically transparent: the parts remain visible, while the compound or affix fixes the grammatical role and narrows the modern meaning. In use as a noun, airline denotes a company that provides flights to carry passengers and goods. Typical contexts include “The airline added several new routes to Asia this year”. The meaning stays close to the form: it applies the etymological material to a company that provides flights to carry passengers and goods, keeping the visible parts legible in ordinary use. ## Topics - Business & Commerce markdown