/kruː/
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Translation
All the people who work together on a ship, a plane, or a big job.
Word origin
From Old French creue, meaning an increase, so a crew was extra people added to a group.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- creue
Grammar
Gender
Pluralcrews
Examples
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A "crew" is one group made of many people.
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Planes have a crew too, not only ships.
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Any team doing one job together can be called a crew.
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