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fleetness
fleet 1 F0179000 (flēt)n.1. A number of warships operating together under one command.2. A number of vessels having a shared origin, purpose, or area of operation: the Japanese merchant fleet; the North Pacific fishing fleet.3. A group of vehicles, such as taxicabs or airliners, owned or operated as a unit.
[Middle English flete, from Old English flēot, from flēotan, to float; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]
fleet 2 F0179000 (flēt)adj. fleet·er, fleet·est 1. Moving swiftly and nimbly. See Synonyms at fast1.2. Fleeting; evanescent.v. fleet·ed, fleet·ing, fleets v.intr.1. To move or pass swiftly: The summer days fleeted by.2. To fade; vanish: beauty that is fleeting away.3. Obsolete To flow.4. Obsolete To drift.v.tr.1. To cause (time) to pass quickly.2. Nautical To alter the position of (tackle or rope, for example).
[Probably from Old Norse fljōtr. V., from Middle English fleten, to drift, float, from Old English flēotan; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]
fleet′ly adv.fleet′ness n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | fleetness - rapidity of movement; "fleetness of foot"celerity, rapidity, rapidness, speediness, quickness - a rate that is rapid |
fleetnessnounRapidness of movement or activity:celerity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, haste, hurry, hustle, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speed, speediness, swiftness.TranslationsEncyclopediaSeefleetfleetness
Synonyms for fleetnessnoun rapidness of movement or activitySynonyms- celerity
- dispatch
- expedition
- expeditiousness
- haste
- hurry
- hustle
- quickness
- rapidity
- rapidness
- speed
- speediness
- swiftness
Words related to fleetnessnoun rapidity of movementRelated Words- celerity
- rapidity
- rapidness
- speediness
- quickness
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