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Collocations for plane - noun

1. aeroplane

ADJ.

private

VERB + PLANE

catch, get, take
She caught the first plane out.
miss | board, get on | get off, step off
I fell in love with the city the moment I stepped off the plane.
fly, pilot | charter

PLANE + VERB

take off | come down, land | crash | cruise, fly | carry sb/sth
The plane was carrying 350 people.

PLANE + NOUN

crash, disaster

PREP.

by ~
We left by plane for Peking.
in a/the ~
I''ve never flown in a plane.
on a/the ~
The president was never on the plane at all.

2. flat surface

ADJ.

horizontal, parallel, vertical

3. standard/level of thought/activity

ADJ.

higher
With practice, an athlete can reach a higher plane of achievement.
mental, mystical, spiritual

PHRASES

be/exist/function/operate on a different plane
Like all talented musicians, he operates on a different plane from most people.

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