улете́ть

fairly common #3328C2

verbperfective imperfective is улета́ть

1.
to fly away, to fly off, to depart (by plane)
Самолёт улете́л час наза́д.
The plane left an hour ago.
2.
to fly by, to vanish, to evaporate
Ле́то улете́ло незаме́тно.
The summer flew by unnoticed.
figurative

Motion info

улете́ть is derived from the unidirectional verb of motion лете́ть with prefix у- (away).

улете́ть emphasizes:

It is not about the process, but the completed departure.

лете́ть → to be flying (in one direction)
улете́ть → to fly away (and be gone)

Плащ, сдёрнутый ветром, улетел за забор.
The cloak blown off by the wind flew over the fence.
Пти́ца улете́ла.
The bird flew away.
Птица, залетавшая в дом, наконец улетела.
The bird that had flown into the house finally flew away.
Пти́цы улете́ли на юг.
The birds flew to the south.
Ворона улете́ла.
The crow flew away.
Дичь не улети́т, она жа́реная.
The game won't fly away, it's fried.
Он при́был мо́рем, но улете́л по во́здуху.
He arrived by sea but left by air.
Детская весёлость так же быстро улете́ла, как яви́лась, точно её ветром сду́ло.
The childish cheerfulness vanished just as quickly as it had appeared, as if the wind had blown it away.

Imperative
ты	улети́
вы	улети́те

Active present	-
Active past	улете́вший	flown away, having flown away, gone (by flying)
Passive present	-
Passive past	-
Gerund present	-
Gerund past	улете́в улетевши	while doing (past)

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