campaign
the competition by rival political candidates and organizations for public office.
a systematic course of aggressive activities for some specific purpose: a sales campaign.
Military.
military operations for a specific objective.
Obsolete. the military operations of an army in the field for one season.
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.
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.
to race (a horse, boat, car, etc.) in a number or series of competitions.
Origin of campaign
1Other words for campaign
Other words from campaign
- 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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How to use campaign in a sentence
“I will leave it to the campaign to make those determinations as to how to proceed,” she said.
Live updates: Georgia secretary of state issues correction, saying certification of its general election results is still under way | John Wagner, Colby Itkowitz, Michelle Lee | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostTogether, the couple has given about $70,000 in campaign contributions to Perdue.
Georgia Senator David Perdue Privately Pushed for a Tax Break for Rich Sports Teamowners | by Robert Faturechi and Justin Elliott | November 20, 2020 | ProPublicaSome have started a social media campaign urging Arlington residents to band together and save the teacher’s job.
Virginia chemistry teacher asked students to insert ‘neon . . . neck’ to describe how George Floyd died | Hannah Natanson | November 19, 2020 | Washington PostHowever, advertisers will increasingly have more reason to put in the work to tailor their campaigns to CTV.
How YouTube is working to focus advertisers’ attentions on its connected TV inventory | Tim Peterson | November 19, 2020 | DigidayThat’s no way to manage anything, least of all millions of dollars of media investment in video campaigns.
OTT, CTV, linear TV and digital video: How video can be managed in one place | Samsung Ads | November 18, 2020 | Digiday
“You try to always scratch where the itch is,” Huckabee said about his campaigning and rhetoric in the 2008 primary.
One day while Richards was campaigning, someone reported there was a bomb on her small plane.
It has changed lives, and been the home of the most landscape-changing campaigning groups.
Cianci spent the last several days campaigning in the Buddy-Mobile, an SUV plastered with posters of himself.
Former Providence Mayor & Ex-Con Buddy Cianci's Redemption Tour Goes Bust | David Freedlander | November 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat is why Malloy is campaigning on a lonely stretch of barber shops and boxing gyms in New Haven a week before the election.
Dan Malloy Is Progressives’ Dream Governor. So Why Isn’t He Winning? | David Freedlander | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd thus ended three years and more of camping and campaigning with the Harris Light.
Three Years in the Federal Cavalry | Willard GlazierThirty days of campaigning leaves him as strong and fresh as ever.
Riders of the Silences | John FrederickAfter campaigning, the routine of a standing camp seems dull and irksome.
In the Ranks of the C.I.V. | Erskine ChildersThe raw volunteers had now been replaced by seasoned veterans, hardened by months of strenuous campaigning.
Manasses (Bull Run) National Battlefield Park-Virginia | Francis F. WilshinAt such mass meetings George did most of his campaigning, making several speeches a night, once as many as eleven.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States | Selig Perlman
British Dictionary definitions for campaign
/ (kæmˈpeɪn) /
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
military a number of complementary operations aimed at achieving a single objective, usually constrained by time or geographic area
(intr often foll by for) to conduct, serve in, or go on a campaign
Origin of campaign
1Derived forms of campaign
- campaigner, noun
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