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fleet

The correct spelling is fleet.

How to pronounce fleet

/fliːt/
noun

IPA: /fliːt/

Say it like: Flee-t

The correct spelling is fleet. A group of vessels or vehicles. For example: "a ship that fleets the gulf"

Usage Examples

a ship that fleets the gulf

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A group of vessels or vehicles.
  2. 2.Any group of associated items.
  3. 3.A large, coordinated group of people.
  4. 4.A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
  5. 5.(British Royal Navy) 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.

verb

  1. 1.To float.
  2. 2.To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.
  3. 3.To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.
  4. 4.To flee, to escape, to speed away.
  5. 5.To evanesce, disappear, die out.

adjective

  1. 1.Swift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place.
  2. 2.Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.

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