fleet

English

/fliːt/, /flit/

noun
Definitions
  • A group of vessels or vehicles.
  • Any group of associated items.
  • A large, coordinated group of people.
  • (nautical) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
  • (nautical) 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.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English flete (bay, fleet) inherited from Old English flēot (fleet, the mouth of a river, bay, ship, a bay, an arm of the sea, estuary, gulf) inherited from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (float, swim, flow).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*flutōną

Gloss

float, swim, flow

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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