crusade

«crusade» in Mova's school dictionary: The Crusades were wars from about 1095 to 1291 in which… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a crusade, crusades); verb (crusade, crusades, crusaded, crusading)

meaning for a pupil

1) (history, church) The Crusades were wars from about 1095 to 1291 in which Christian armies from Europe fought mainly to take control of Jerusalem and the Holy Land. tree →

2) A crusade is a long, strong effort to change something that people believe is wrong. tree →

3) To crusade is to work hard and publicly for a cause. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons, the Crusades involve knights, Richard the Lionheart and Saladin; many people on all sides died, and today historians see the wars as violent and complicated, remembered differently by Christians, Muslims and Jews. In everyday life and news, a crusade is a campaign: a crusade against litter or for clean water. Phrases: «a crusade against», «on a crusade», «the First Crusade».

examples

• The First Crusade began in 1096. tree →
• Richard the Lionheart fought in the Third Crusade. tree →
• Thousands died in the Crusades on all sides. tree →
• Our class started a crusade against plastic litter. tree →
• She crusaded for safer crossings near schools. tree →
• Grandad is on a crusade to get everyone to recycle. tree →
• The crusaders built castles in the Holy Land. tree →

note

Noun for a person: crusader. Capital C for the historical wars (the Crusades). Today some people avoid «crusade» for campaigns because of the violent history, so «campaign» is often a better choice.

In the corpora

• Both sides in the Crusades did brave things and cruel things, and ordinary people of all three faiths suffered.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «crusade» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.