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cam⋅paign
[kam-peyn] 
–noun
| 1. | Military.
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| 2. | a systematic course of aggressive activities for some specific purpose: a sales campaign. |
| 3. | the competition by rival political candidates and organizations for public office. |
–verb (used without object)
| 4. | to serve in or go on a campaign: He planned to campaign for the candidate. He campaigned in France. |
–verb (used with object)
| 5. | to race (a horse, boat, car, etc.) in a number or series of competitions. |
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| cam·paign (kām-pān') n.
To engage in an operation planned to achieve a certain goal: campaigned through the jungles of Vietnam; campaigned for human rights. [French campagne, from Italian campagna, field, military operation, from Late Latin campānia, open country, battlefield, from Latin campus, field.] cam·paign'er n. Synonyms: These nouns denote a vigorous concerted effort to accomplish a purpose: a fund-raising campaign; a crusade for improved social services; a drive to sell bonds; a push to get the bill passed. |
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Campaign
Cam*paign"\, n. [F. campagne, It. campagna, fr. L. Campania the level country about Naples, fr. campus field. See Camp, and cf. Champaign, Champagne.]1. An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign. --Grath. 2. (Mil.) A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field. --Wilhelm. 3. Political operations preceding an election; a canvass. [Cant, U. S.] 4. (Metal.) The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.Campaign
Cam*paign"\, v. i. To serve in a campaign.
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Language Translation for : Campaign
Spanish:
campaña,
German:
der Feldzug,
Japanese:
作戦
campaign
1647, from Fr., campagne "open country," from O.Fr. champagne "open country" (suited to military maneuvers), similar to It. campagna, from L.L. campania "level country," from L. campus "a field" (see campus). Old armies spent winters in quarters and took to the "open field" to seek battle in summer. Extension of meaning from military to political is Amer.Eng. 1809. The verb is first attested 1701.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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