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campaign

[ kam-peyn ]

noun

  1. the competition by rival political candidates and organizations for public office.
  2. a systematic course of aggressive activities for some specific purpose:

    a sales campaign.

    Synonyms: offensive, push, effort, drive

  3. Military.
    1. military operations for a specific objective.
    2. Obsolete. the military operations of an army in the field for one season.
  4. a story in a role-playing game, spread out over multiple play sessions, that usually keeps the same plot, setting, or main characters:

    Last week we finished our campaign and I already miss it.



verb (used without object)

  1. to serve in or go on a campaign:

    He planned to campaign for the candidate.

    My daughter has been campaigning for a later curfew for months.

verb (used with object)

  1. to race (a horse, boat, car, etc.) in a number or series of competitions.

campaign

/ kæmˈpeɪn /

noun

  1. a series of coordinated activities, such as public speaking and demonstrating, designed to achieve a social, political, or commercial goal

    a presidential campaign

    an advertising campaign

  2. military a number of complementary operations aimed at achieving a single objective, usually constrained by time or geographic area
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. introften foll byfor to conduct, serve in, or go on a campaign
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • camˈpaigner, noun
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Other Words From

  • cam·paign·er noun
  • coun·ter·cam·paign noun
  • pre·cam·paign noun adjective
  • re·cam·paign verb
  • un·cam·paign·ing adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of campaign1

First recorded in 1620–30; from French campagne, from Italian campagna, from Late Latin campānia “level district,” equivalent to Latin camp(us) “field” + -ān(us) -an + -ia -ia
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Word History and Origins

Origin of campaign1

C17: from French campagne open country, from Italian campagna, from Late Latin campānia, from Latin campus field
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Example Sentences

The benefits of incumbency are quite potent, especially in the all-important area of raising campaign funds.

The U.S. launched campaigns in the restive Iraqi city of Fallujah and a surge campaign in Baghdad.

But the inability to measure progress in the ISIS campaign is widespread.

The U.S. campaign against ISIS leans on two pillars: conducting airstrikes, and beefing up local forces.

As she discussed her understanding of the voting rights campaign and how she planned to recreate it, I grew more relieved.

Vain also was the valour and ability he showed in the campaign against the Royalists in La Vende.

But Polavieja started his campaign with the immense advantage of having the whole of the dry season before him.

At the end of the campaign the Emperor justly rewarded his lieutenant by creating him Prince of Wagram.

By the end of the campaign of 1796 he had proved that he was as great a chief of the staff as Bonaparte was a great commander.

But Ulm was only the commencement of the campaign, and even after Austerlitz Napoleon pursued the enemy with grim resolution.

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