crew
noun /kruː/
/kruː/
- [countable + singular or plural verb] all the people working on a ship, plane, etc.
- crew members
- in a crew all the men and women in the crew
- None of the passengers and crew were injured.
- The crew of the plane instructed everyone to remain seated.
- a change of crew in Frankfurt
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- experienced
- inexperienced
- novice
- …
- join
- lead
- assemble
- …
- member
- in a/the crew
- cast and crew
- a member of the crew
- [countable + singular or plural verb] all the people working on a ship, plane etc. except the officers who are in charge
- the officers and crew
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- experienced
- inexperienced
- novice
- …
- join
- lead
- assemble
- …
- member
- in a/the crew
- cast and crew
- a member of the crew
- [countable + singular or plural verb] a group of people with special skills working together
- a film/camera/TV crew
- a fire/an emergency/a rescue crew
- It took ambulance crews more than an hour to free them.
- (North American English) Ten people answer to the crew chief.
Homophones crews | cruisecrews cruise/kruːz//kruːz/- crews noun (plural of crew)
- Fire crews were called to the scene.
- crews verb (third person of crew)
- He crews for a billionaire on his yacht.
- cruise noun
- We're taking a cruise around the Mediterranean.
- cruise verb
- I'd love to cruise down the Nile.
Extra Examples- Fire crews were called to the scene.
- The cast and crew of the movie are giving it their all.
- Fire crews were called to the house at around 5 o'clock.
- Maintenance crews have been working 18-hours shifts to repair the damage.
- The film crew and the actors had all left the studio by then.
- Our support crew followed behind in two Land Rovers.
- The house was soon besieged by TV crews and photographers.
- Two crews of six men carried out the work in shifts.
- We have camera crews from ABC, CBS and NBC coming.
- a maintenance/support crew
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- experienced
- inexperienced
- novice
- …
- join
- lead
- assemble
- …
- member
- in a/the crew
- cast and crew
- a member of the crew
- [singular] (usually disapproving) a group of people
- The people she invited were a pretty motley crew (= a strange mix of types of people).
Extra Examples- Let's get a crew together and go to the pub.
- We found him in the canteen with a crew of assorted computer geeks.
- [countable + singular or plural verb] a team of people who row boats in races
- a member of the Cambridge crew
- [uncountable] (North American English) the sport of rowing with other people in a boat
- I’m thinking of going out for crew this semester (= joining the rowing team).
- [countable + singular or plural verb] a person or team of people who sail boats in races or for pleasure (usually not including the captain)
on ships and planes
skilled people
group
rowing and sailing
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French creue ‘augmentation, increase’, feminine past participle of croistre ‘grow’, from Latin crescere. The original sense was ‘band of soldiers serving as reinforcements’; hence it came to denote any organized armed band or, generally, a company of people (late 16th cent.).