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F0179000 (flēt)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.

[Middle English flete, from Old English flēot, from flēotan, to float; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]

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F0179000 (flēt)adj. fleet·er, fleet·est 1. Moving swiftly and nimbly. See Synonyms at fast¹.2. Fleeting; evanescent.v. fleet·ed, fleet·ing, fleets v.intr.1. To move or pass swiftly: The summer days fleeted by.2. To fade; vanish: beauty that is fleeting away.3. Obsolete To flow.4. Obsolete To drift.v.tr.1. To cause (time) to pass quickly.2. Nautical To alter the position of (tackle or rope, for example).

[Probably from Old Norse fljōtr. V., from Middle English fleten, to drift, float, from Old English flēotan; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]

fleet′ly adv.fleet′ness n.

fleet

(fliːt) n1. (Nautical Terms) a number of warships organized as a tactical unit2. (Nautical Terms) all the warships of a nation3. (Aeronautics) a number of aircraft, ships, buses, etc, operating together or under the same ownership[Old English flēot ship, flowing water, from flēotan to float]

fleet

(fliːt) adj1. rapid in movement; swift2. poetic fleeting; transientvb3. (intr) to move rapidly4. (intr) archaic to fade away smoothly; glide5. (Nautical Terms) (tr) nautical a. to change the position of (a hawser)b. to pass (a messenger or lead) to a hawser from a winch for hauling inc. to spread apart (the blocks of a tackle)6. (intr) obsolete to float or swim7. (tr) obsolete to cause (time) to pass rapidly[probably Old English flēotan to float, glide rapidly; related to Old High German fliozzan to flow, Latin pluere to rain] ˈfleetly adv ˈfleetness n

fleet

(fliːt) n (Physical Geography) chiefly Southeast English a small coastal inlet; creek[Old English flēot flowing water; see fleet¹]

Fleet

(fliːt) n1. (Placename) a stream that formerly ran into the Thames between Ludgate Hill and Fleet Street and is now a covered sewer2. (Placename) Also called: Fleet Prison (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors

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(flit)

n. 1. the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes. 2. the largest organization of warships under the command of a single officer. 3. all the naval ships of a nation; navy. 4. a large group of ships, airplanes, trucks, etc., under the same management. [before 1000; Middle English flete, Old English flēot]

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adj. , fleet•er, fleet•est,
v. adj. 1. swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse. v.i. 2. to move swiftly; fly. 3. Naut. to change position; shift. 4. Archaic. a. to flow. b. to fade; vanish. v.t. 5. to cause (time) to pass lightly or swiftly. 6. Naut. to move or change the position of. [before 900; Middle English fleten to float, drift, flow, Old English flēotan, akin to float] fleet′ly, adv. fleet′ness, n.

fleet

An organization of ships, aircraft, Marine forces, and shore-based fleet activities all under the command of a commander or commander in chief who may exercise operational as well as administrative control. See also major fleet; numbered fleet.

Fleet

the naval force of a country; a number of ships belonging to a company; a number of persons; birds or other objects moving in company; a group of lorries or trucks.Examples: fleet of aircraft; of barges, 1840; of birds, 1884; of colliers, 1865; of wild ducks, 1810; of knights, 1450; of lant-horns, 1675; of lorries; of motor vehicles; of mudhens; of ships.

fleet

Past participle: fleeted
Gerund: fleeting

Imperative
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Present
I fleet
you fleet
he/she/it fleets
we fleet
you fleet
they fleet

Preterite
I fleeted
you fleeted
he/she/it fleeted
we fleeted
you fleeted
they fleeted

Present Continuous
I am fleeting
you are fleeting
he/she/it is fleeting
we are fleeting
you are fleeting
they are fleeting

Present Perfect
I have fleeted
you have fleeted
he/she/it has fleeted
we have fleeted
you have fleeted
they have fleeted

Past Continuous
I was fleeting
you were fleeting
he/she/it was fleeting
we were fleeting
you were fleeting
they were fleeting

Past Perfect
I had fleeted
you had fleeted
he/she/it had fleeted
we had fleeted
you had fleeted
they had fleeted

Future
I will fleet
you will fleet
he/she/it will fleet
we will fleet
you will fleet
they will fleet

Future Perfect
I will have fleeted
you will have fleeted
he/she/it will have fleeted
we will have fleeted
you will have fleeted
they will have fleeted

Future Continuous
I will be fleeting
you will be fleeting
he/she/it will be fleeting
we will be fleeting
you will be fleeting
they will be fleeting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been fleeting
you have been fleeting
he/she/it has been fleeting
we have been fleeting
you have been fleeting
they have been fleeting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been fleeting
you will have been fleeting
he/she/it will have been fleeting
we will have been fleeting
you will have been fleeting
they will have been fleeting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been fleeting
you had been fleeting
he/she/it had been fleeting
we had been fleeting
you had been fleeting
they had been fleeting

Conditional
I would fleet
you would fleet
he/she/it would fleet
we would fleet
you would fleet
they would fleet

Past Conditional
I would have fleeted
you would have fleeted
he/she/it would have fleeted
we would have fleeted
you would have fleeted
they would have fleeted

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fleet - group of aircraft operating together under the same ownershipaircraft - a vehicle that can flyairline business, airline, airway - a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengersaggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
	2.	fleet - group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownershipautobus, bus, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, passenger vehicle, omnibus, coach - a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; "he always rode the bus to work"bus line - an organization responsible for operating a bus transportation systemtaxi, taxicab, cab, hack - a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for moneyaggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a wholemotor pool - a fleet of military vehicles controlled by a single agency and available for use as needed
	3.	fleet - a group of steamships operating together under the same ownershipship - a vessel that carries passengers or freightsteamship company, steamship line - a line responsible for the operation of a fleet of steamshipsargosy - one or more large merchant ships
	4.	fleet - a group of warships organized as a tactical unitflotilla - a fleet of small craftflotilla - a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warshipsguided missile frigate - a frigate that carries guided missilescombat ship, war vessel, warship - a government ship that is available for waging waraggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a wholenaval forces, navy - an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfarearmada - a large fleetbattle fleet - a fleet of warships prepared for battlewolf pack - a group of submarines operating together in attacking enemy convoys
Verb	1.	fleet - move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches"dart, flit, flutterbutterfly - flutter like a butterflyhurry, travel rapidly, zip, speed - move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"
	2.	fleet - disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"blow over, evanesce, fade, pass off, passdisappear, vanish, go away - get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace"
Adj.	1.	fleet - moving very fast; "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner"swiftfast - acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car"

fleet

¹noun navy, vessels, task force, squadron, warships, flotilla, armada, naval force, sea power, argosy damage inflicted up on the British fleet

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²adjective swift, flying, fast, quick, winged, rapid, speedy, nimble, mercurial, meteoric, nimble-footed He was fleet as a deer.

fleet

adjective1. Characterized by great celerity:breakneck, expeditious, fast, quick, rapid, speedy, swift.Informal: hell-for-leather.Idiom: quick as a bunny.2. Lasting or existing only for a short time:ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporal, temporary, transient, transitory.verbTo move swiftly:bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom.Informal: hotfoot, rip.Slang: barrel, highball.Chiefly British: nip.Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step on it.

Translations

舰队船队

fleet

(fliːt) noun1. a number of ships or boats under one command or sailing together. a fleet of fishing boats.船队2. the entire navy of a country. the British fleet舰队

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→ 舰队zhCN

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¹1. a number of warships organized as a tactical unit 2. all the warships of a nation 3. a number of aircraft, ships, buses, etc., operating together or under the same ownership

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² Chiefly Southeastern Brit a small coastal inlet; creek

Fleet

the 1. a stream that formerly ran into the Thames between Ludgate Hill and Fleet Street and is now a covered sewer 2. (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors

Fleet

a combined operational unit of the navies of major countries. Fleets are charged with carrying out tactical and strategic missions in designated theaters of naval operations. The most important missions of a fleet are the destruction of shore targets, the destruction of enemy naval forces at bases and at sea, the transfer and landing of amphibious forces, disruption of the enemy’s supply shipping, the defense of coastal areas from invasion by sea, the defense of friendly supply shipping, and the offshore fire support of land forces.

A fleet consists of large units of various combat arms or services: submarine forces, surface forces, naval aviation, marines, and coastal missile-launching artillery. Fleets are headed by a commander (by a commander in chief in the US Navy). Under his direction are a staff, other command organs, and support services, such as rear services, communications, armament, ship repair, emergency rescue, and hydrographic services. The missions of a fleet are carried out as naval operations and combat engagements conducted independently or in conjunction with large units of other branches of the armed forces. A fleet has a well-developed system of bases and shore-support facilities, which provide berths for ships, repair facilities, and logistical services of all types and in which combat training is carried out.

Small countries with access to the sea have a single fleet, serving as the country’s navy. Major powers, such as the USSR and USA, deploy several fleets, which together constitute the country’s navy.

fleet

[flēt] (mechanical engineering) Sidewise movement of a rope or cable when winding on a drum. (ordnance) An organization of ships, aircraft, marine forces, and shore-based fleet activities, all under a commander who may exercise operational as well as administrative control. All naval operating forces.

fleet

i. All aircraft of one type used by the same operator.
ii. The total holding of all aircraft with an operator (e.g., Air India has a fleet of 23 aircraft).

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noun navy

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adj swift

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adj characterized by great celerity

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adj lasting or existing only for a short time

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verb to move swiftly

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noun group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership

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noun group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership

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noun a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership

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noun a group of warships organized as a tactical unit

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verb move along rapidly and lightly

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verb disappear gradually

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adj moving very fast

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