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noun
- 1. a marshland creek, channel, or ditch. dialect British
- 2. a stream, now wholly underground, running into the Thames east of Fleet Street.
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a group of ships, or all of the ships in a country's navy: fleet ofa fleet of 20 sailing ships. a fishing fleet. The entire Spanish fleet was defeated within 6 hours. StocktrekImages/StocktrekImages/GettyImages. More examplesFewer examples. The Allied fleet is on its way to the Gulf. The British fleet came under attack by enemy aircraft.
The meaning of FLEET is a number of warships under a single command; specifically : an organization of ships and aircraft under the command of a flag officer. How to use fleet in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Fleet.
a group of ships, or all of the ships in a country's navy: fleet of a fleet of 20 sailing ships. a fishing fleet. The entire Spanish fleet was defeated within 6 hours. StocktrekImages/StocktrekImages/GettyImages. Fewer examples. The Allied fleet is on its way to the Gulf. The British fleet came under attack by enemy aircraft.
noun. the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes. the largest organization of warships under the command of a single officer. a number of naval vessels or vessels carrying armed crew members. a large group of ships, airplanes, trucks, etc., operated by a single company or under the same ownership:
A fleet is usually a large group of ships, but it can be any group of vessels like planes or cars that operate as a unit. A naval fleet is the largest formation of warships. A naval fleet at sea is like an army on land.
A fleet is a group of ships organized to do something together, for example to fight battles or to catch fish. The damage inflicted upon the British fleet was devastating. ...restaurants supplied by local fishing fleets.
n. 1. A number of warships operating together under one command. 2. A number of vessels having a shared origin, purpose, or area of operation: the Japanese merchant fleet; the North Pacific fishing fleet. 3. A group of vehicles, such as taxicabs or airliners, owned or operated as a unit.
Definition of fleet noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
FLEET definition: 1. a group of ships, or all of the ships in a country's navy 2. a group of vehicles that are owned…. Learn more.
UK /fliːt/ verb (no object) (literary) 1. move or pass quickly a variety of expressions fleeted across his face 2. (with object) pass (time) rapidly we fleeted the time carelessly 3. fade away; be transitory the cares of boyhood fleet away. word origin.
