fleet en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (General-American) audio
- [ˈflɪi̯t]
- /ˈfliːt/
Etymology
From Middle English flete, flet (“fleet”), from Old English flēot (“ship”), likely related to Proto-West Germanic *flotōn, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”).
Meanings
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(collective) A group of vessels or vehicles, generally operating in a unified way or traveling together.
merchant fleet, shadow fleet
It was planning to use an '807' for one day only as part of a shakedown test, ahead of the fleet's formal entry to service which is currently planned for November.
2024 October 30, “Network News: Avanti prepares for Class 807s to enter traffic”, in RAIL, number 1021, page 12:A fleet of warships is heading this way.
He did discourse to us of the Dutch fleete being abroad, eighty-five of them still, and are now at the Texell, he believes, in expectation of our Eastland ships coming home with masts and hempe, and our loaden Hambrough ships going to Hambrough.
1665 October 10 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “October 1st, 1665”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume V, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1895, →OCLC, page 100:
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(collective) A group of vessels or vehicles, generally operating in a unified way or traveling together. ▸ The vehicles commercially owned by a person, company or agency.
fleet car, fleet truck, fleet vehicle
She owns a fleet of private medical transport vans.
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(collective) A group of vessels or vehicles, generally operating in a unified way or traveling together. ▸ A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; the vessels commanded by a single officer; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
Despite the line proving to be a useful strategic route for men and supplies to the British naval fleets stationed at Scapa Flow in both world wars, the Duke's legacy looked to have passed into history when it was listed for closure in the infamous Beeching report.
2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 48:We must invest in our fleet for our national security.
- (British-Royal-Navy, collective) A group of vessels or vehicles, generally operating in a unified way or traveling together. ▸ Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear admiral's command, composed of five sail-of-the-line, with any number of smaller vessels.
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(collective) A large, coordinated group of people.
And after the past few days, in which a fleet of Republicans and the president himself have utilized Jews as human shields for racist rhetoric, the Jews are tired, tired, tired of being used as defenses against naked racism, tired of being used to justify conditions at detention camps. Just plain tired.
2019 July 17, Talia Lavin, “When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield”, in GQ:
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Any group of associated items.
This is especially true in distributed printing environments, where a fleet of printers is shared by users on a network.
2004, Jim Hoskins, Building an on Demand Computing Environment with IBM:
- (Scotland) Any group of associated items. ▸ A street gang.
- The individual waves in corrugated fiberboard.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fleete | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| fleets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
fleet race · fleetful · ghost fleet · flog someone round the fleet · mosquito fleet · merchant fleet · subfleet · battle fleet · dark fleet · fleetside · nonfleet · fleet racing · fleetwide · fleetmate · carfleet · airfleet · shadow fleet · interfleet · fleet leader · fleet carrier · fleet landing · fleet in being · fleet captain · fleetname · admiral of the fleet · fleet admiral · starfleet · fleet up
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
flotilla · formation · squadron · armada · convoy · motorcade
Meronyms
watercraft · vessel · spacecraft · aircraft · automobile · vehicle
Relateds
weaponry · Appendix:Glossary of collective nouns by collective term · List of collective nouns on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Synonyms
fleet · company cars · carfleet
Translations (113)
ru парк (group of vessels or vehicles) · kk парк (group of vessels or vehicles) · km នាវាចរ (group of vessels or vehicles) · lt flotilė (group of vessels or vehicles) · ta கடற்படை (group of vessels or vehicles) · gd cabhlach (group of vessels or vehicles) · be фляты́лія (group of vessels or vehicles) · mi kahupapa (group of vessels or vehicles) · cmn 船隊 /船队 (group of vessels or vehicles) · ca flota (group of vessels or vehicles) · ru флот (group of vessels or vehicles) · ro flotilă (group of vessels or vehicles) · et laevastik (group of vessels or vehicles) · uz park (group of vessels or vehicles) · lv flote (group of vessels or vehicles) · crh flot (group of vessels or vehicles) · ar أُسْطُول (group of vessels or vehicles) · af vloot (group of vessels or vehicles) · sv flotta (group of vessels or vehicles) · gl frota (group of vessels or vehicles) · ca estol (group of vessels or vehicles) · da flåde (group of vessels or vehicles) · cs loďstvo (group of vessels or vehicles) · nn flåte (group of vessels or vehicles) · sh фло̏та (group of vessels or vehicles) · it flotta (group of vessels or vehicles) · nb flåte (group of vessels or vehicles) · mn парк (group of vessels or vehicles) · fi kalusto (group of associated items) · ms armada (group of vessels or vehicles) · sh flȍta (group of vessels or vehicles) · be флёт (group of vessels or vehicles) · uk парк (group of vessels or vehicles) · tr filo (group of vessels or vehicles) · bn নৌবহর (group of vessels or vehicles) · nn vognpark (group of vessels or vehicles) · tg новгон (group of vessels or vehicles) · tg флот (group of vessels or vehicles) · mk флота (group of vessels or vehicles) · nrf fliotte (group of vessels or vehicles) · ja フリート (group of vessels or vehicles) · pdt Flott (group of vessels or vehicles) · pt frota (group of vessels or vehicles) · sk loďstvo (group of vessels or vehicles) · cy llu môr (group of vessels or vehicles) · mn флот (group of vessels or vehicles) · ga loingeas (group of vessels or vehicles) · fi laivasto (group of vessels or vehicles) · be флот (group of vessels or vehicles) · sk flotila (group of vessels or vehicles) · ka ფლოტილია (group of vessels or vehicles) · sl flota (group of vessels or vehicles) · or ଜାହାଜ (group of vessels or vehicles) · tr donanma (group of vessels or vehicles) · io floto (group of vessels or vehicles) · el στόλος (group of vessels or vehicles) · fa-ira ناوْگان (group of vessels or vehicles) · de Flotte (group of vessels or vehicles) · uk флот (group of vessels or vehicles) · vi hạm đội (group of vessels or vehicles) · ky флот (group of vessels or vehicles) · my ယာဉ်စု (group of vessels or vehicles) · es flota (group of vessels or vehicles) · eo floto (group of vessels or vehicles) · he צִי (group of vessels or vehicles) · th ทัพเรือ (group of vessels or vehicles) · ga cabhlach (group of vessels or vehicles) · es flotilla (group of vessels or vehicles) · sk flota (group of vessels or vehicles) · nn flote (group of vessels or vehicles) · ru флоти́лия (group of vessels or vehicles) · cmn 艦隊 /舰队 (group of vessels or vehicles) · az park (group of vessels or vehicles) · ja 艦隊 (group of vessels or vehicles) · fr flotte (group of vessels or vehicles) · bg фло́та (group of vessels or vehicles) · sq flotë (group of vessels or vehicles) · cs flota (group of vessels or vehicles) · oc flòta (group of vessels or vehicles) · ro flotă (group of vessels or vehicles) · fi kalusto (group of vessels or vehicles) · ka ფლოტი (group of vessels or vehicles) · kk флот (group of vessels or vehicles) · be парк (group of vessels or vehicles) · fi ajokalusto (group of vessels or vehicles) · eu ontzidi (group of vessels or vehicles) · nb vognpark (group of vessels or vehicles) · th กองเรือ (group of vessels or vehicles) · pl flota (group of vessels or vehicles) · bg парк (group of vessels or vehicles) · be флёта (group of vessels or vehicles) · az donanma (group of vessels or vehicles) · ky парк (group of vessels or vehicles) · fi liikkuva kalusto (group of vessels or vehicles) · nl vloot (group of vessels or vehicles) · cy lluon môr (group of vessels or vehicles) · uk флоти́лія (group of vessels or vehicles) · uz flot (group of vessels or vehicles) · mi kaupapa (group of vessels or vehicles) · be флаты́лія (group of vessels or vehicles) · pl tabor (group of vessels or vehicles) · ja 船隊 (group of vessels or vehicles) · tl plota (group of vessels or vehicles) · ko 함대 (group of vessels or vehicles) · mi tāruru (group of vessels or vehicles) · hy տորմիղ (group of vessels or vehicles) · eu flota (group of vessels or vehicles) · lo ກອງເຮືອ (group of vessels or vehicles) · hu flotta (group of vessels or vehicles) · es parque (group of vessels or vehicles) · ko 선단 (group of vessels or vehicles) · is floti (group of vessels or vehicles) · la classis (group of vessels or vehicles)