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fleets in being

fleets in being is the plural of fleet in being.

Meaning of fleet in being

Noun

fleet in being (plural fleets in being)

  1. (countable) A naval fleet which exerts an influence while remaining in port.
    • In point of fact command of the sea and a fleet in being are mutually exclusive terms.1895, “The Armada”, in The Quarterly Review, volume 182, number 363, John Murray, page 6

Questions about fleets in being

What is fleets in being the plural of?
Fleets in being is the plural of fleet in being.

Words near fleets in being in the dictionary

  1. fleetname
  2. fleetnames
  3. fleetness
  4. fleetnesses
  5. fleets
  6. fleets in being
  7. fleets up
  8. fleetside
  9. fleetsides
  10. fleetwide
  11. Fleetwood

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