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DictionaryfleetTransport group
noun

fleet

FLEET/fliːt/

A group of vehicles under shared ownership or command.

The delivery company replaces its fleet of vans every five years.

Five delivery vans parked together in an orderly depot formation, all bearing the same distinctive two-color livery and nonverbal emblem, visibly forming one company's fleet.
Etymology
fleetOld Englishto float, swim

From “to float,” fleet named a floating vessel and then a group of ships under one command. That collective meaning now also applies to vehicles and aircraft.

In context

The Rest Is History35:23
build a fleet of 200 ships and that summer 242 it sails for Sicily
How Rome Beat Carthage | The First Punic War

More examples

  • The airline adds three planes to its fleet.
  • The admiral commands a fleet of twelve ships.
  • Both school districts operate fleets of electric buses.

Forms

fleet · fleets

Similar words

convoy
Vehicles traveling together, not necessarily under shared ownership.
flotilla
A group of small boats or ships, not land vehicles.