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# flyer

«flyer» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small printed sheet of paper advertising an event, shop…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a flyer, flyers; also spelled flier)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A flyer is a small printed sheet of paper advertising an event, shop or service, handed out or put through letterboxes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flyer/#m1)

2) A flyer is a person or thing that flies, such as a pilot, a passenger who flies often, or a bird. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flyer/#m2)

3) (informal) In sport, a flyer is a very fast start, or a very fast runner or player. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flyer/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and design lessons, pupils make flyers for school fairs or cake sales. In stories, «frequent flyers» travel on planes a lot. In athletics, a «flying start» or «a flyer» is a very quick start. Phrases: «hand out flyers», «frequent flyer», «get off to a flyer».

### examples

- We handed out flyers for the school fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flyer/#x1)
- A flyer for a pizza shop came through the letterbox. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flyer/#x2)
- Design a flyer to advertise your club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flyer/#x3)
- Amelia Earhart was a famous flyer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flyer/#x4)
- Swifts are amazing flyers that hardly ever land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flyer/#x5)
- The team got off to a flyer and scored in the first minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flyer/#x6)

### note

Spelling: flyer is more common in the UK; flier is also used in the US. Plural: flyers. Related: fly, flight.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «flyer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flyer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.