Words / C1

FLEET/fliːt/

A fleet is a group of ships, or of vehicles owned by one organisation; also (adjective) fast: a bus fleet, a fleet of vans. Flotilla is the small-ship cousin; a row of taxis is not a night-bus timetable.

Meaning

A group of ships, or of vehicles owned by one organisation; also (adjective) fast.

Examples

• “A fleet of taxis is not a night-bus timetable; name the last service.”
• “Convoy is the moving twin. Armada is historic and larger. A taxi rank is a vibe of cover. A last-service time is a file. Publish the time; then hire the rank if the catchment still has a hole.”

Good to know

A group of ships or vehicles. Close: convoy. A taxi rank ≠ a timetable.

Near in meaning

convoy, armada, flotilla

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