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Collocations for fleet - noun

ADJ.

great, huge, large
a large fleet of gunboats
small | fishing, whaling | merchant, shipping | battle, invasion | enemy, foreign | submarine, tanker | car, vehicle
the company car fleet

VERB + FLEET

operate, own
He operated a small fishing fleet.
command | mobilize, send (in)
The fleet was mobilized and the country prepared for war.
disband, ground | defeat, destroy | join
The ship sailed to join the fleet at Barbados.
maintain
The fleet was is very expensive to maintain.

PREP.

in a/the ~
There were over 500 ships in the enemy fleet.
~ of
a fleet of taxis

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