fleet
/ˈfliːt/ noun B2- A group of vessels or vehicles, generally operating in a unified way or traveling together. · A fleet of warships is heading this way.· merchant fleet, shadow fleet
- The vehicles commercially owned by a person, company or agency. · She owns a fleet of private medical transport vans.· fleet car, fleet truck, fleet vehicle
- 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. · We must invest in our fleet for our national security.
- 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.
- A large, coordinated group of people.
- Any group of associated items.
- The individual waves in corrugated fiberboard.
Plural fleets
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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And sometimes sent my ships in fleets
Apply in person on Monday, at eleven o’clock, to Duncan Ross, at the offices of the League, 7 Pope’s Court, Fleet Street.”
Fleet Street was choked with red-headed folk, and Pope’s Court looked like a coster’s orange barrow.
Without going into details, I may say that it defined the position of Great Britain towards the Triple Alliance, and fore-shadowed the policy which this country would pursue in the event of the French fleet gaining a complete ascendancy over that of Italy in the Mediterranean.
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