fleet

  • 41fleet — 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 …

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  • 42Fleet 50 — NOTOC Infobox Aircraft name=50 Freighter caption= type=General utility aircraft manufacturer=Fleet Aircraft designer= first flight=1938 introduced= retired= status= primary user= more users= produced= number built=5 variants with their own… …

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  • 43Fleet — This interesting name has two possible origins, the first of which is an Anglo Saxon locational surname from any of the places called Fleet in Dorset, Hampshire, Kent and Lincolnshire. The places are variously recorded in the Domesday Book of… …

    Surnames reference

  • 44fleet — Synonyms and related words: Naval Construction Battalion, RN, Royal Navy, Seabees, USN, United States Navy, age group, agile, alert, animated, argosy, armada, ball the jack, band, barrel, battalion, beguile, bevy, body, boom, bottoms, bowl along …

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  • 45fleet — fleet1 noun 1》 a group of ships sailing together or under the same ownership.     ↘(the fleet) a country s navy: the US fleet. 2》 a number of vehicles or aircraft operating together. Origin OE flēot ship, shipping , from flēotan (see fleet5).… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 46fleet — 1 noun (C) 1 a group of ships, or all the ships in a navy: the US seventh fleet 2 a group of planes, cars etc that are controlled by one company: a fleet of taxis 2 adjective literary fast, quick : fleet of foot (=fast at running) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 47fleet — 1. noun /fliːt/ a) A group of vessels or vehicles. b) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc. 2. verb /fliːt/ a) To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of [Antony] Our severd… …

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  • 48fleet — adj. fleet of foot * * * [fliːt] fleet of foot …

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  • 49Fleet — Original name in latin Fleet Name in other language Fleet State code GB Continent/City Europe/London longitude 51.28333 latitude 0.83333 altitude 74 Population 34218 Date 2012 01 17 …

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  • 50fleet — I noun the fleet set sail Syn: navy, naval force, (naval) task force, armada, flotilla, squadron, convoy II adjective, literary as fleet as a greyhound Syn: nimble, agile, lithe, lissome …

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