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Meaning of ship-to-ship | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. fired from a ship at another ship
    not-comparable
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ship, to.
    not-comparable

Equivalents

Deutsch Schiff-Schiff
Türkçe gemiden gemiye

Examples

“a ship-to-ship message”
“Most ship-to-ship engagements are skirmishes between patrol vessels of cruiser weight and below, with dreadnoughts and carriers only deployed in full-scale fleet actions. Battles in open space are short and often inconclusive, as the weaker opponent generally disengages.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

shipboard shipborne shipbound shipbroken shipholding shipless

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