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PRONUNCIATION OF FLEET STREET

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLEET STREET

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Fleet Street is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FLEET STREET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fleet Street

Coordinates: 51°30′51″N 0°06′32″W / 51.51417°N 0.10889°W / 51.51417; -0.10889 Fleet Street road sign. The street numbering runs consecutively from west to east south-side and then east to west north-side. Fleet Street is a street in the City of London named after the River Fleet, London's largest underground river. It was the home of British national newspapers until the 1980s. Even though the last major British news office, Reuters, left in 2005, the term Fleet Street continues to be used as a metonym for the British national press.

Definition of Fleet Street in the English dictionary

The definition of Fleet Street in the dictionary is a street in central London in which many newspaper offices were formerly situated. Other definition of Fleet Street is British journalism or journalists collectively.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLEET STREET

Fleet Air Arm
fleet car
fleet chief petty officer
Fleet Prison
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fleet rating
fleeter
fleeting
fleetingly
fleetingness
fleetly
fleetness
Fleetwood
fleg
flehmen
fleishig
fleishik
Flem.
fleme
Fleming

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLEET STREET

back street
backstreet
Bay Street
Bradstreet
cross street
Downing Street
Easy Street
greet
High Street
high-street
Main Street
man in the street
off-street
side street
street
the Arab street
the High Street
Threadneedle Street
through street
to be a one-way street
Wall Street

Synonyms and antonyms of Fleet Street in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Fleet Street» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLEET STREET

Find out the translation of Fleet Street to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Fleet Street from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Fleet Street» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

舰队街
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Fleet Street
570 millions of speakers

English

Fleet Street
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फ्लीट स्ट्रीट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فليت ستريت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Fleet Street
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Fleet Street
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফ্লিট স্ট্রিট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Fleet Street
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fleet Street
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fleet Street
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フリート街
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

함 대 거리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fleet Street
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chạy lẹ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடற்படை தெரு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्लीट मार्ग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Filo Caddesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Fleet Street
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Fleet Street
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Fleet Street
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Fleet Street
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Fleet Street
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Fleet Street
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Fleet Street
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Fleet Street
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Fleet Street

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLEET STREET»

The term «Fleet Street» is regularly used and occupies the 59.427 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLEET STREET» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Fleet Street» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Fleet Street» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Fleet Street

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLEET STREET»

Discover the use of Fleet Street in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Fleet Street and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Modernism on Fleet Street
Patrick Collier brings an impressive array of archival research to the first full-length study of Modernism's relationship to the newspaper press.
Patrick Collier, 2006
2
Fleet Street: five hundred years of the press
This book talks about political opinion, commercial opportunism, technological advances, price wars, satisfying the thirst for news, the influence of editors, great feature writers, gossip columnists, advertising campaigns, and more.This ...
Dennis Griffiths, 2006
3
Sweeney Todd: The Real Story of the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Argues that the legendary character Sweeney Todd was an actual historical figure who committed his crimes in eighteenth-century London and was victimized by the poverty and crime that was prevalent in the underworld of that time period.
Peter Haining, 2007
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, US & Canada ...
The revelation marked ONLY the beginning, however, OF the notorious career OF Sweeney Todd, soon known TO legend AS the ' Demon Barber ' OF London ' s Fleet Street.The story OF Todd ' s entrepreneurial partnership WITH neighbouring pie - ...
‎2007
5
Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Barber Sweeney Todd returns to London seeking revenge for the loss of his wife and daughter by killing customers and dropping to the shop downstairs to be made into meat pies by Mrs.
Hugh Wheeler, 1991
6
The Fleet Street Murders
Charles Lenox, an amateur detective, investigates the murders of two veteran journalists on Christmas Eve in 1866 London, as he tries to deal with unexpected news from his fiancâee, while running for Parliament in his remote district.
Charles Finch, 2010
7
The First Lady of Fleet Street: The Life of Rachel Beer: ...
Rich with period detail and drawing on a wealth of original material, this sweeping work of never-before-told history recounts the ascent of two of London’s most prominent Jewish immigrant families—the Sassoons and the Beers.
Eilat Negev, Yehuda Koren, 2012
8
Sweeney Todd: the demon barber of Fleet Street
This new edition allows modern readers to savor the original in all its gruesome glory.
Thomas Peckett Prest, Robert L. Mack, 2007
9
Adams of Fleet Street: Instrument Makers to King George III
This book is the first comprehensive study of the instrument-making business run by the Adams family, from its foundation in 1734 to bankruptcy in 1817.
John R. Millburn, 2000
10
Fleet Street, Press Barons and Politics: The Journals of ...
This volume consists of diary entries by Collin Brooks, a Fleet Street journalist and editor.
Collin Brooks, N. J. Crowson, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLEET STREET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Fleet Street is used in the context of the following news items.
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James Marston: Travelling from Suffolk to the big smoke for the …
And over in the City at St Bride's church, just off Fleet Street − the spiritual home of journalism – I saw where the great and good of the industry ... «East Anglian Daily Times, Jul 15»
2
SaskPower makes fixes to cut down outages in south Regina
... including the Fleet Street substation, the Transcona substation in the Rosemont area, the Regina south switching station, and construction of ... «Regina Leader-Post, Jul 15»
3
Dotcom survivor embarks on a great north run with Sage
“There are few Footsie companies that could claim this,” says Kelly, sipping tea in an office on Fleet Street. Tall, thin, wearing a crisp white shirt ... «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
4
Greek debt crisis: Meet the Goldman Sachs banker who got rich …
The 52-year-old, who lives with her family in a vast stucco house in west London, was one of the brightest stars in Goldman's Fleet Street ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
5
My acting bucket list: Randall Dodge
Sweeney Todd, Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, music and lyrics, Stephen Sondheim, book, Hugh Wheeler. “I love Sondheim ... «San Diego Reader, Jul 15»
6
Herald snapper Andy Jones named county's best at awards
Judges in the awards, organised by PR firm Maxim, included Fleet Street Fox Susie Boniface. Prizes were presented by former BBC News ... «Folkestone Herald, Jul 15»
7
Five reasons to watch MN+ in July
Movies like, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. It will be shown on Sunday, 12 July, at 9 pm at the Centre Stage slot of MN+. «Indiantelevision.com, Jul 15»
8
City rejects plans to turn red phone boxes into food kiosks
... Mile including the Royal Exchange, Finsbury Circus at the junction with Moorgate, at Bank Buildings on Lothbury Street and on Fleet Street. «Building Design, Jul 15»
9
Empty Bridge Street shops get £11k facelift from Mary Portas fund
The former Ellington's unit, known to many as The Bedroom, on the corner of Bridge Street and Fleet Street, is now set out as an art gallery ... «Swindon Advertiser, Jul 15»
10
Tunisia evacuation, and budget analysis
I've come for a spot of lunch: The Daily Express and the rest of Fleet Street cannot resist the pictures of a hungry cheetah jumping into Irish ... «BBC News, Jul 15»

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