fleet

B2 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /flit/ UK /fliːt/ See IPA manual

Freq #4189

Meanings

1

noun
A group of ships, especially warships, acting together.

The navy sent its fleet to defend the coast.
2

noun
A group of vehicles owned or operated by one organization.

The company runs a fleet of delivery trucks.
3

adj
Moving very fast.

The fleet runner won the race easily.

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Synonyms

3 adj · moving very fast. swift

Word family

Forms fleeterfleetnessfleets

Derived forms airfleetcarfleetfleetfootfleetfootedfleetfulfleetlyfleetmatefleetnamefleetnessfleetsidefleetwideinterfleet

Related forms weaponry

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Phrases (1)

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battle fleet
a group of warships organized for combat

Noun + noun

Etymology

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”).

flete Middle English flēot Old English *fleut Proto-West Germanic *fleutą Proto-Germanic

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# fleet

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /flit/
**IPA (UK):** /fliːt/
**Frequency rank:** 4189

## Meanings
1. A group of ships, especially warships, acting together.
2. A group of vehicles owned or operated by one organization.
3. Moving very fast.

## Examples
- The navy sent its fleet to defend the coast.
- The company runs a fleet of delivery trucks.
- The fleet runner won the race easily.

## Derived Forms
- airfleet
- carfleet
- fleetfoot
- fleetfooted
- fleetful
- fleetly
- fleetmate
- fleetname
- fleetness
- fleetside
- fleetwide
- interfleet

## Related Forms
- weaponry

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: flete
- Root: flēot
- Root: *fleut
- Root: *fleutą

## Etymology
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”).

## AI Etymology
Fleet comes 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”). In current use, the main senses are “A group of ships, especially warships, acting together” and “A group of vehicles owned or operated by one organization”.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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