fleet
Oxford 5000 vocabulary |C1|GRE vocabularyfleet /fliːt/ noun [countable]
fleet adjective
ناوگان
عبور سریع، زود گذر، بادپا، به سرعت گذشتن، تندرفتن، ورزش: گروه قایقهای شرکت کننده در مسابقه، علوم نظامی: هدف متحرک، با سرعت حرکت کردن، علوم دریایی: ناوگان، دسته کشتیهای جنگی
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Synonyms & Related Wordsfleet[noun]Synonyms: navy, armada, flotilla, task force
Related Idioms: go like the wind (
or lightning), make (good) time
Related Words: dally,
fritter,
idle,
potter,
squander,
waste,
agile,
brisk,
nimble,
spry,
alert,
animated,
lively,
spirited,
sprightly,
vivacious [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English DictionaryI. fleet1 /fliːt/
noun [countable][
Language: Old English;
Origin: fleot 'ship', from fleotan; ⇒ fleeting]
1. a group of ships, or all the ships in a navy:
the US seventh fleet2. a group of vehicles that are controlled by one company
fleet of a fleet of taxis [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. fleet2 adjective literary[
Date: 1500-1600;
Origin: Probably from fleet 'to go quickly'; ⇒ fleeting]
fast or quick:
Atalanta was fleet of foot (=able to run quickly). [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationsfleet noun ADJ. great, huge, large a large fleet of gunboats
small | fishing, whaling | merchant, shipping | battle, invasion | enemy, foreign | submarine, tanker | car, vehicle the company car fleet VERB + FLEET operate, own He operated a small fishing fleet.
command | mobilize, send (in) The fleet was mobilized and the country prepared for war.
disband, ground | defeat, destroy | join The ship sailed to join the fleet at Barbados.
maintain The fleet was is very expensive to maintain. PREP. in a/the ~ There were over 500 ships in the enemy fleet.
~ of a fleet of taxis [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲