noun
1. a street in central London where newspaper offices are situated
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑street
• Part Holonyms: ↑London, ↑Greater London, ↑British capital, ↑capital of the United Kingdom
2. British journalism
• Hypernyms: ↑journalism, ↑news media
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nounUsage: usually capitalized F&S
Etymology: after Fleet Street (running from Ludgate Circus to the Strand), London, England, that has become the center of the London newspaper district
: the London press
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a street in central London, England: location of many newspaper offices; often used figuratively to mean the entire British newspaper world.
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Fleet Street noun
Journalism or its ways and traditions, from the street in London in which many newspaper offices were formerly situated
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Main Entry: ↑fleet
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Fleet Street UK US noun [uncountable]
the British newspaper industry
Cultural note
The offices of most national newspapers were in this street in central London in the past. Although most of them have now moved to other parts of London, especially Docklands to the east, the phrase ‘Fleet Street’ is still sometimes used for referring to the newspaper industry. http://www.macmillandictionary.com/med2cd/weblinks/fleet-street.htm
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Fleet Street,
1. a very old street in London, now a center for many newspaper offices.
2. British. newspapers generally; the press.
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a street in central London in which the offices of national newspapers were located until the mid-1980s (often used to refer to the British press)
the hottest story in Fleet Street
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/ˈfliːt-/ noun [singular]
— used as a name for London newspapers and journalists
Fleet Street is speculating about his political future following the scandal.
◇ The term Fleet Street comes from the name of a street in London where many newspapers were once located.
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a street in central London where many national newspapers used to have their offices (now used to mean British newspapers and journalists in general)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.