fleet

noun

/fliːt/

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[countable] a group of military ships commanded by the same person
- a fleet of destroyers
- Nelson destroyed the Franco-Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Wordfinder
- admiral
- aircraft carrier
- base
- captain
- command
- fleet
- navy
- submarine
- torpedo
- warship
Extra Examples
- The entire fleet was sunk.
- The ship sailed to join the fleet at Barbados.
Topics War and conflictc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- entire
- great
- huge
- …
verb + fleet
- operate
- command
- send
- …
preposition
- in a/the fleet
- fleet of
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[countable] a group of ships fishing together
- a fishing/whaling fleet
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- entire
- great
- huge
- …
verb + fleet
- operate
- command
- send
- …
preposition
- in a/the fleet
- fleet of
See full entry
the fleet
[singular] all the military ships of a particular country
- a reduction in the size of the British fleet
Extra Examples
- The fleet was mobilized and the country prepared for war.
- There were over 500 ships in the enemy fleet.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- entire
- great
- huge
- …
verb + fleet
- operate
- command
- send
- …
preposition
- in a/the fleet
- fleet of
See full entry
[countable] fleet (of something) a group of planes, buses, taxis, etc. travelling together or owned by the same organization
- the company’s new fleet of vans
- a fleet car/vehicle
Extra Examples
- a fleet of taxis
- the company car fleet
- The airline is doubling the size of its fleet.
- The entire US space shuttle fleet was grounded after the accident.
- There were plans to modernize the tram and bus fleet.
- The injured were taken to hospital in a fleet of ambulances.
- A fleet of army trucks had surrounded the barn.
- Their entire fleet of aircraft were destroyed.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- entire
- great
- huge
- …
verb + fleet
- operate
- command
- send
- …
preposition
- in a/the fleet
- fleet of
See full entry

Word Originnoun Old English flēot ‘ship, shipping’, from flēotan ‘float, swim’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlieten and German fliessen, also to flit and float.

单词	fleet
释义	fleet noun /fliːt/ /fliːt/ jump to other results [countable] a group of military ships commanded by the same person a fleet of destroyers Nelson destroyed the Franco-Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar. Wordfinder admiral aircraft carrier base captain command fleet navy submarine torpedo warship Extra Examples The entire fleet was sunk. The ship sailed to join the fleet at Barbados. Topics War and conflictc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective entire great huge … verb + fleet operate command send … preposition in a/the fleet fleet of See full entry [countable] a group of ships fishing together a fishing/whaling fleet Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective entire great huge … verb + fleet operate command send … preposition in a/the fleet fleet of See full entry the fleet [singular] all the military ships of a particular country a reduction in the size of the British fleet Extra Examples The fleet was mobilized and the country prepared for war. There were over 500 ships in the enemy fleet. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective entire great huge … verb + fleet operate command send … preposition in a/the fleet fleet of See full entry [countable] fleet (of something) a group of planes, buses, taxis, etc. travelling together or owned by the same organization the company’s new fleet of vans a fleet car/vehicle Extra Examples a fleet of taxis the company car fleet The airline is doubling the size of its fleet. The entire US space shuttle fleet was grounded after the accident. There were plans to modernize the tram and bus fleet. The injured were taken to hospital in a fleet of ambulances. A fleet of army trucks had surrounded the barn. Their entire fleet of aircraft were destroyed. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective entire great huge … verb + fleet operate command send … preposition in a/the fleet fleet of See full entry Word Originnoun Old English flēot ‘ship, shipping’, from flēotan ‘float, swim’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlieten and German fliessen, also to flit and float. fleet adjective /fliːt/ /fliːt/ (literary) jump to other results able to run fast fleet of foot fleet-footed Word Originadjective early 16th cent.: probably from Old Norse fljótr, of Germanic origin.
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