What does airborne mean?
Airborne means In or carried by the air..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
In or carried by the air..
Airborne pollen can aggravate allergies.
A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.
There goes the siren that warns of the air raid / Then comes the sound of the guns sending flak / Out for the scramble we've got to get airborne / Got to get up for the coming attack.
airborne radar
airborne troops
Use airborne when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Airborne means In or carried by the air..
Common synonyms include mobile.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Airborne pollen can aggravate allergies.
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