Crusade - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|kruːˈseɪd|
Brit.
|kruːˈseɪd|
noun
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end (syn: campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement)
- any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
- any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
verb
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for (syn: agitate, campaign, fight, press, push)
- go on a crusade; fight a holy war
- go on a crusade; fight a holy war
Extra examples
...a grassroots crusade for spending more money on our public schools...
Many women are crusading for improvements in the sexual equality laws.
He seems to be running a one-man crusade against cigarette smoking.
He continued to crusade for free education for all.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: crusade
he/she/it: crusades
present participle: crusading
past tense: crusaded
past participle: crusaded
I/you/we/they: crusade
he/she/it: crusades
present participle: crusading
past tense: crusaded
past participle: crusaded
noun
singular: crusade
plural: crusades
singular: crusade
plural: crusades
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