fleet
noun
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
has fleeted
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present perfectof fleet (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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All my peace for aye has fleeted, All my happiness has flown; Yet my ears are ever greeted With that olden, blissful tone, So la, la! &c.
From The Poems of Goethe Translated in the original metres by Edgar Alfred Bowring
The dodo will be seen no more; the race has fleeted away.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
Mrs. Downe, it is feared, has fleeted out to sea.’
From Wessex Tales by Thomas Hardy
