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fleet

UK/fliːt/ US/ˈflɪi̯t/ common literary
adjective (1) noun (4) verb (2)

adjective

1.

moving very fast

  • “fleet of foot”
  • “the fleet scurrying of squirrels”
  • “a swift current”
  • “swift flight of an arrow”
  • “a swift runner”
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noun

1.
2.

group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership

3.

a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership

4.

a group of warships organized as a tactical unit

verb

1.
2.

disappear gradually

  • “The pain eventually passed off”
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Origin

From Middle English flete (“bay, gulf”), from Old English flēot (“a bay, gulf, an arm of the sea, estuary, the mouth of a river”), from Proto-West Germanic *fleut, from Proto-Germanic *fleutą. Cognate with Dutch vliet (“stream, river, creek, inlet”), German Fleet (“watercourse, canal”).

Phrases

  • admiral of the fleet
  • Appendix:Glossary of collective nouns by collective term
  • battle fleet
  • Cargo Fleet
  • dark fleet
  • fleet admiral
  • fleet captain
  • fleet carrier
  • fleet in being
  • fleet landing
  • fleet of foot
  • Fleet Street

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