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The correct spelling is fleets.
How to pronounce fleets
noun
IPA: /fliːts/
Say it like: Flee-ts
The correct spelling is fleets. 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.A group of vessels or vehicles.
- 2.Any group of associated items.
- 3.A large, coordinated group of people.
- 4.A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
- 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.To float.
- 2.To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.
- 3.To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.
- 4.To flee, to escape, to speed away.
- 5.To evanesce, disappear, die out.
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