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How to pronounce“fleet”in English

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In natural English speech, "fleet" appears in contexts such as: "In contrast, in the-- I think it was the 1400s, the Ming Dynasty had sent out a large Naval fleet that was larger than anything the Portuguese were sailing through the Indian Ocean. And then, when that monarch died and his son took over, he pulled back, and they stopped the naval exploration.". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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IPA/ˈfliːt/

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In contrast, in the-- I think it was the 1400s, the Ming Dynasty had sent out a large Naval

fleet that was larger than anything the Portuguese were sailing through the Indian Ocean.

And then, when that monarch died and his son took over, he pulled back, and they stopped the naval exploration.

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noun

A group of vessels or vehicles.

“He did discourse to us of the Dutch fleete being abroad, eighty-five of them still, and are now at the Texell, he believes, in expectation of our Eastland ships coming home with masts and hempe, and our loaden Hambrough ships going to Hambrough.”

noun

Any group of associated items.

“This is especially true in distributed printing environments, where a fleet of printers is shared by users on a network.”

verb

To float.

“Legions of Spirits fleeting in the aire, Direct our Bullets and our weapons pointes […]”

verb

To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.

“Long were to tell the troublous stormes, that tosse The private state, and make the life unsweet Who swelling sayles in Caspian sea doth crosse, And in frayle wood on Adrian gulf doth fleet”

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