{
    "term": "fleet",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a group of military ships commanded by the same person",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a fleet of destroyers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Nelson destroyed the Franco-Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The entire fleet was sunk."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ship sailed to join the fleet at Barbados."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["entire", "great", "huge"],
                "verb + fleet": ["operate", "command", "send"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the fleet", "fleet of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a group of ships fishing together",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **fishing/whaling fleet**"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["entire", "great", "huge"],
                "verb + fleet": ["operate", "command", "send"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the fleet", "fleet of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "all the military ships of a particular country",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a reduction in the size of the British fleet"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fleet was mobilized and the country prepared for war."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were over 500 ships in the enemy fleet."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["entire", "great", "huge"],
                "verb + fleet": ["operate", "command", "send"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the fleet", "fleet of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a group of planes, buses, taxis, etc. travelling together or owned by the same organization",
            "sensetop": "fleet (of something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the company’s new fleet of vans"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a fleet car/vehicle"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a fleet of taxis"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the company car fleet"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The airline is doubling the size of its fleet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were plans to modernize the tram and bus fleet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The injured were taken to hospital in a fleet of ambulances."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A fleet of army trucks had surrounded the barn."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their entire fleet of aircraft were destroyed."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["entire", "great", "huge"],
                "verb + fleet": ["operate", "command", "send"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the fleet", "fleet of"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fliːt/",
                "audio": "fl/fleet/fleet__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fliːt/",
                "audio": "fl/fleet/fleet__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun Old English flēot ‘ship, shipping’, from flēotan ‘float, swim’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlieten and German fliessen, also to flit and float."
}