fleet

(flēt)
n.

1. A number of warships operating together under one command.
2. A group of vessels or vehicles, such as taxicabs or fishing boats, owned or operated as a unit.

[Middle English flete, from Old English flēot, from flēotan, to float.]

fleet² (flēt)
adj., fleet·er, fleet·est.

1. Moving swiftly; rapid or nimble. See synonyms at fast¹.
2. Fleeting; evanescent.

v., fleet·ed, fleet·ing, fleets.

v.intr.

1. To move or pass swiftly.
2. To fade out; vanish.
3. Archaic. To flow.
4. Obsolete. To drift.

v.tr.

1. To cause (time) to pass quickly.
2. Nautical. To alter the position of (tackle or rope, for example).

[Probably from Old Norse fljōtr. V., from Middle English fleten, to drift, float, from Old English flēotan.]

fleetly fleet'ly adv.
fleetness fleet'ness n.

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adjective

1. Characterized by great celerity: breakneck, expeditious, fast, quick, rapid, speedy, swift. Informal hell-for-leather. Idioms: quick as abunnywink. See fast/slow/velocity.
2. Lasting or existing only for a short time: ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporal, temporary, transient, transitory. See continue/stop/pause, time.

verb

To move swiftly: bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt², race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour², shoot, speed, sprint, tear¹, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom. Informal hotfoot, rip. Slang barrel, highball. Chiefly British nip¹. Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, stepjumpon it. See move/halt.

adj

Definition: quick in movement
Antonyms: clumsy, slow

n. 1. a group of ships sailing together, engaged in the same activity, or under the same ownership: the small port supports a fishing fleet | a fleet of battleships.

2. (the fleet) a country's navy: the U.S. fleet.

3. a number of vehicles or aircraft operating together: a fleet of ambulances took the injured to the hospital.

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A group of ships usually under the command of a flag officer. Also, "In the Fleet" a term used to indicate the Marine Corps beyond boot camp and technical school. It is "in the fleet" that a Marine does his or her job.

(DOD) An organization of ships, aircraft, Marine forces, and shore-based fleet activities all under the command of a commander or commander in chief who may exercise operational as well as administrative control. See also major fleet; numbered fleet.

IN BRIEF: Any group of ships, trucks or buses moving together or under one control. Also: moving swiftly.

Opportunity comes like a snail, and once it has passed you it changes into a fleet rabbit and is gone. — Arthur Brisbane (1864-1936).

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i. All aircraft of one type used by the same operator.
ii. The total holding of all aircraft with an operator (e.g., Air India has a fleet of 23 aircraft).

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For a list of words related to fleet, see:

• Seamanship and Port - fleet: large group of ships of various sorts
• Soldiers and Military Life - fleet: group of ships under single command
• War Machinery and War Zones - fleet: organized unit of ships, aircraft, and marine troops under one administrative command
• Active, Lively, Awake, or Limber

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - flåde

2.
adj. - rap, ilsom, flygtig

3.
n. - bugt, vandløb, grøft

4.
adj. - lavvandet
adv. - lavvands-, grund-

5.
v. intr. - ile, glide af sted, flygte
v. tr. - svæve, ile af sted

idioms:

• fleet Street    den engelske presse, bladverdenen i England

Nederlands (Dutch)
vloot, kreek, vlieden, laten vervliegen, rap, vluchtig, ondiep

Français (French)
1.
n. - flotte, flottille, convoi, parc (automobile)

2.
adj. - léger, leste (littér)

3.
n. - fossé, marécage

4.
adj. - peu profond (une eau)
adv. - de peu de profondeur, à peu de profondeur

5.
v. intr. - passer rapidement, s'enfuir
v. tr. - passer rapidement (le temps), être passager

idioms:

• fleet Street    rue des grands journaux londoniens, les milieux de la presse

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Flotte

2.
adj. - flink, schnell, gelenkig, geschickt

3.
n. - Bucht, Gewässer, Sumpflandbucht, Sumpflandbach

4.
adj. - seicht
adv. - nicht sehr tief

5.
v. - dahineilen, schnell vergehen, nachlassen, erlöschen, vergänglich sein

idioms:

• fleet Street    überregionale britische Presse

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ναυτ., μτφ.) στόλος, συνοδεία, πομπή (αυτοκινήτων)
v. - διαβαίνω γοργά, γοργοδιαβαίνω
adj. - ταχύς, γοργός

idioms:

• Fleet Street    (Βρετ.) ο λονδρέζικος τύπος

Italiano (Italian)
fuggire, flotta, rapido

idioms:

• Fleet Street    la stampa londinese

Português (Portuguese)
n. - frota (f)
v. - passar rapidamente
adj. - rápido

idioms:

• Fleet Street    rua (f) onde muitos jornais ingleses tinham sede

Русский (Russian)
флот, флотилия, быстрый

idioms:

• Fleet Street    Флит-стрит, пресса

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - flota, armada, escuadra, flotilla, flota aérea

2.
adj. - veloz, fugaz, rápido, ágil, ligero, activo

3.
n. - llanura estrecha, zanja, cala

4.
adj. - bajo, poco profundo (aguas)
adv. - cerca o en una pequeña profundidad

5.
v. intr. - huir, pasar volando, volar, pasar rápidamente, apresurarse
v. tr. - pasar volando, volar, pasar rápidamente

idioms:

• fleet Street    calle londinense, centro del periodismo, la prensa de Inglaterra

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - flotta, liten vik
v. - fly, skymta förbi
adj. - grund, hastig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 舰队, 船队, 全部舰队, 海军, 机群

idioms:

• Fleet Street    伦敦的舰队街, 伦敦新闻界或报业

2. 快速的, 转瞬即逝的, 敏捷的, 疾飞, 变换位置, 掠过, 消磨, 变换的位置

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
adj. - 快速的, 轉瞬即逝的, 敏捷的
v. intr. - 疾飛, 變換位置, 掠過
v. tr. - 消磨, 變換的位置

2.
n. - 艦隊, 船隊, 全部艦隊, 海軍, 機群

idioms:

• Fleet Street    倫敦的艦隊街, 倫敦新聞界或報業

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 함선

2.
adj. - 빠른, 덧없는

3.
n. - 포구, 내포, 개울, 내

4.
adj. - 얕은
adv. - 얕게, 표면 가까이

5.
v. intr. - 빨리 지나가다, 위치를 바꾸다
v. tr. - 어느 덧 보내다, ~의 위치를 바꾸다

(영국) 플리트 강

idioms:

• fleet Street    영국 런던 신문사 거리, 영국 신문계

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 艦隊, 全艦隊, 船隊, フリート川
v. - いつしか過ぎる, 急に過ぎる
adj. - 速い, 束の間の

idioms:

• Fleet Street    フリート街, 新聞界

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أسطول (فعل) يتلاشى (صفه) سريع الحركه, خفيف اليد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צי, צי-מלחמה, ימייה‬
adj. - ‮מהיר, זריז‬
n. - ‮ואדי או ערוץ באדמת ביצות‬
adj. - ‮רדוד‬
adv. - ‮באופן רדוד או שטחי‬
v. intr. - ‮חמק, נע במהירות, עף‬
v. tr. - ‮גרם לתנועה קלה ומהירה, שינתה מיקום (אוניה)‬
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