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cru·sade

(kro͞o-sād′)

1. often Crusade Any of the military expeditions undertaken by European Christians in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to recover control of the Holy Land from the Muslims.

2. A holy war undertaken with papal sanction.

3. A concerted effort or vigorous movement for a cause or against an abuse: a crusade for literacy; a crusade against drunk driving.

intr.v. cru·sad·ed, cru·sad·ing, cru·sades

To engage in a crusade.

[French croisade and Spanish cruzada, both ultimately from Latin crux, cruc-, cross.]

cru·sad′er n.

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crusade

(kruːˈseɪd)

1. (Historical Terms) (often capital) any of the military expeditions undertaken in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries by the Christian powers of Europe to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims

2. (Historical Terms) (formerly) any holy war undertaken on behalf of a religious cause

3. a vigorous and dedicated action or movement in favour of a cause

vb (intr)

4. to campaign vigorously for something

5. to go on a crusade

[C16: from earlier croisade, from Old French crois cross, from Latin crux; influenced also by Spanish cruzada, from cruzar to take up the cross]

cruˈsader n

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cru•sade

(kruˈseɪd)

n., v. -sad•ed, -sad•ing. n.

1. (often cap.) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims.

2. any war carried on under papal sanction.

3. any vigorous movement on behalf of a cause.

v.i.

4. to go on or engage in a crusade.

[1570–80; earlier croisade < Middle French. See cross, -ade¹]

cru•sad′er, n.

crusade

Past participle: crusaded
Gerund: crusading

Imperative
crusade
crusade

Present
I crusade
you crusade
he/she/it crusades
we crusade
you crusade
they crusade

Preterite
I crusaded
you crusaded
he/she/it crusaded
we crusaded
you crusaded
they crusaded

Present Continuous
I am crusading
you are crusading
he/she/it is crusading
we are crusading
you are crusading
they are crusading

Present Perfect
I have crusaded
you have crusaded
he/she/it has crusaded
we have crusaded
you have crusaded
they have crusaded

Past Continuous
I was crusading
you were crusading
he/she/it was crusading
we were crusading
you were crusading
they were crusading

Past Perfect
I had crusaded
you had crusaded
he/she/it had crusaded
we had crusaded
you had crusaded
they had crusaded

Future
I will crusade
you will crusade
he/she/it will crusade
we will crusade
you will crusade
they will crusade

Future Perfect
I will have crusaded
you will have crusaded
he/she/it will have crusaded
we will have crusaded
you will have crusaded
they will have crusaded

Future Continuous
I will be crusading
you will be crusading
he/she/it will be crusading
we will be crusading
you will be crusading
they will be crusading

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been crusading
you have been crusading
he/she/it has been crusading
we have been crusading
you have been crusading
they have been crusading

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been crusading
you will have been crusading
he/she/it will have been crusading
we will have been crusading
you will have been crusading
they will have been crusading

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been crusading
you had been crusading
he/she/it had been crusading
we had been crusading
you had been crusading
they had been crusading

Conditional
I would crusade
you would crusade
he/she/it would crusade
we would crusade
you would crusade
they would crusade

Past Conditional
I would have crusaded
you would have crusaded
he/she/it would have crusaded
we would have crusaded
you would have crusaded
they would have crusaded

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Noun	1.	crusade - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort" campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement venture - any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome ad blitz, ad campaign, advertising campaign - an organized program of advertisements anti-war movement - a campaign against entering or continuing a war charm campaign - a campaign of flattery and friendliness (by a company, politician, etc.) to become more popular and gain support consumerism - a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign - the campaign of a candidate to be elected fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort - a campaign to raise money for some cause feminist movement, women's lib, women's liberation movement, feminism - the movement aimed at equal rights for women gay lib, gay liberation movement - the movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression lost cause - a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable reform - a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians" war - a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious; "the war on poverty"; "the war against crime" youth crusade, youth movement - political or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people
	2.	Crusade - 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 expedition, hostile expedition, military expedition - a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
Verb	1.	crusade - 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; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate" campaign, agitate, fight, push, press advertize, advertise, promote, push - make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"
	2.	crusade - go on a crusade; fight a holy war take the field, campaign - go on a campaign; go off to war

crusade

noun

1. campaign, drive, movement, cause, push a crusade against racism on the football terraces

2. holy war, jihad He was leading a religious crusade that did not respect national boundaries.

verb

1. campaign, fight, push, struggle, lobby, agitate, work a newspaper that has crusaded against drug traffickers

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crusade

noun

1. An organized effort to accomplish a purpose:

campaign, drive, movement, push.

2. A goal or set of interests served with dedication:

cause.

Translations

حَمـلَـة عَنيفَـهحَمْلَـه صليبيّـهيَشتَرِك في حَملَة صَليبَيَّـه

křížová výpravaúčastnit se křížové výpravykampaň

deltage i kampagnekampagnekorstog

Kreuzzug zu Felde ziehen Feldzug

σταυροφορία

cruzadahacer una campaña en pro/contra de algocampaña

kampanjoidaollaristiretkitaistella

croisade

keresztes hadjáratkeresztes hadjáratban vesz részt

herferîkrossferîtaka òátt í krossferî eîa herferî

crociata lottare

dalyvauti kampanijojedalyvauti kryžiaus žygyjekryžiaus žygiskryžiuotis

kampaņakrusta karšpiedalīties krusta karā/kampaņā

kruistocht

korstog delta i korstog

krucjata

крестовый поход

križiacka výpravakrižiacke ťaženieviesť ťaženie

križarski pohod

Haçlı SeferiHaçlı Seferine katılmakmücadeleye girişmeksavaş açmak

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crusade

[kruːˈseɪd]

A. N → cruzada f (fig) → campaña f, cruzada f

B. VI (fig) to crusade for/against sth → hacer una campaña en pro de/en contra de algo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

crusade

[kruːˈseɪd]

(in history) → croisade f
the Crusades → les croisades

(fig) → croisade f
a crusade for sth → une croisade pour qch
a crusade against sth → une croisade contre qch

vi (fig) to crusade for sth → mener une croisade pour qch
to crusade against sth → mener une croisade contre qch

crusade

n (Hist, fig) → Kreuzzug m; (= evangelical crusade) → Missions- or Glaubensfeldzug m

vi (Hist, fig) → einen Kreuzzug/Kreuzzüge führen; (as evangelist) → missionieren

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crusade

[kruːˈseɪd]

1. n → crociata

2. vi (fig) to crusade for/against → fare una crociata per/contro

crusade

(kruːˈseid) noun

1. Medieval wars against the Muslims in the Middle Ages, led by Christian kings.

2. a campaign in support of a good cause. the crusade against cigarette advertising.

verb

to take part in a crusade.

cruˈsader noun

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The professor was carrying on a hot crusade against materialists.

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For in 1204 the armies of the fourth Crusade, which had gathered to fight the heathen, turned their swords, to their shame be it said, against the Christian people of the Greek Empire.

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This affair, which, in one way or another, disgusted Chief Inspector Heat, seemed to him a providentially given starting-point for a crusade. He had it much at heart to begin.

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It is almost impossible for one of them to write a line on the subject, however kindly he may do so, without being suspected of wishing to open a crusade against the fair sex.

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Then, not more than half a dozen years ago, there arose a veritable Telephone Crusade among the farmers of the Middle West.

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The new King had formerly set forth upon a crusade to the Holy Land, and Prince John, his brother, was impossible to deal with--being crafty, cruel and treacherous.

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The Saxon architect completed the erection of the first pillars of the nave, when the pointed arch, which dates from the Crusade, arrived and placed itself as a conqueror upon the large Romanesque capitals which should support only round arches.

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Here is a crumbling wall that was old when Columbus discovered America; was old when Peter the Hermit roused the knightly men of the Middle Ages to arm for the first Crusade; was old when Charlemagne and his paladins beleaguered enchanted castles and battled with giants and genii in the fabled days of the olden time; was old when Christ and his disciples walked the earth; stood where it stands today when the lips of Memnon were vocal and men bought and sold in the streets of ancient Thebes!

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The Scottish Nisbet, and the same Ferne, insist that the chiefs of the Crusade must have assigned to Godfrey this extraordinary and unwonted coat-of-arms, in order to induce those who should behold them to make enquiries; and hence give them the name of arma inquirenda.

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Messages were sent to the other governors of New England, and to New York and Pennsylvania, entreating them to unite in this crusade against the French.

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In fact, on one occasion, I intimated the propriety of a canine crusade to Mehevi; but the benevolent king would not consent to it.

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Their one chance for life was in union, and so the struggle became a kind of crusade. Jurgis had always been a member of the church, because it was the right thing to be, but the church had never touched him, he left all that for the women.