FLEET


Meaning of FLEET in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ fli:t ]

( fleets)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

A fleet is a group of ships organized to do something together, for example to fight battles or to catch fish.

...restaurants supplied by local fishing fleets.

N-COUNT : usu supp N

2.

A fleet of vehicles is a group of them, especially when they all belong to a particular organization or business, or when they are all going somewhere together.

With its own fleet of trucks, the company delivers most orders overnight...

N-COUNT : oft N of n

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