Fleet - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |fliːt|  American pronunciation of the word fleet
Brit.  |fliːt|  British pronunciation of the word fleet

noun

- group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
- group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership
- a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership
- a group of warships organized as a tactical unit

verb

- move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart (syn: dart, flit, flutter)
- disappear gradually (syn: blow over, evanesce, fade, pass, pass off)

adjective

- moving very fast (syn: swift)
fleet of foot
the fleet scurrying of squirrels

Extra examples

He was the commander of the Pacific fleet.

The company has a large fleet of delivery trucks.

...a jewel thief said to be light of heart and fleet of foot...

She is pretty fleet of foot.

Atalanta was fleet of foot (=able to run quickly).

Fishing fleets are not allowed inside another country's territorial waters.

The company has a fleet of trucks that are used to haul freight.

The Dutch fleet captured two English ships.

We know he lived in Fleet Road, but other than that we don't know much about him.

The airline is upgrading its fleet.

They outsailed the Roman fleet

...I wouldn't like some silly berk from Fleet Street following me about....

Word forms

noun
singular: fleet
plural: fleets
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