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- [fleet]
- /flit/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fleet]
- /flit/
Definitions of fleeted word
- adjective fleeted swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse. 1
- verb without object fleeted to move swiftly; fly. 1
- verb without object fleeted Nautical. to change position; shift. 1
- verb without object fleeted Archaic. to glide along like a stream. to fade; vanish. 1
- verb without object fleeted Obsolete. to float; drift; swim. 1
- verb with object fleeted to cause (time) to pass lightly or swiftly. 1
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Origin of fleeted
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English fleten to be fleet, Old English flēotan to float; see float
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Fleeted
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
fleeted popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for fleeted
verb fleeted
- hover — to hang fluttering or suspended in the air: The helicopter hovered over the building.
- flicker — to burn unsteadily; shine with a wavering light: The candle flickered in the wind and went out.
- whiz — to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
- zip — zip code.
- dart — If a person or animal darts somewhere, they move there suddenly and quickly.
adjective fleeted
- fasted — Simple past tense and past participle of fast.
Antonyms for fleeted
verb fleeted
- decelerate — When a vehicle or machine decelerates or when someone in a vehicle decelerates, the speed of the vehicle or machine is reduced.
- walk — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
- halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
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