fleet

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
  2. noun group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership
  3. noun a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership

Etymology

From Middle English flete, flet (“fleet”), from Old English flēot (“ship”), likely related to Proto-West Germanic *flotōn, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”).

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