Kilo Lingo

/kruː/

Line drawing of crew
Coloured illustration of crew
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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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This word is part of lesson 26.