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
The U.S. launched campaigns in the restive Iraqi city of Fallujah and a surge campaign in Baghdad.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War | Nancy A. Youssef | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThat means that fewer and fewer everyday Americans are choosing to contribute to campaigns.
At the same time, campaigns are spending less while the special-interest groups are spending more.
One of the rites of passage for every young political reporter is to listen to the elders tell stories about campaigns past.
Campaigns like opechatesgays.com assume that LGBT people are an interest group with only one interest: their own.
How Canadian Oilmen Pinkwash the Keystone Pipeline | Jay Michaelson | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
He distinguished himself in several campaigns, especially in the Peninsular war, and was raised to the rank of field marshal.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell“Unwhipped”—Jackson always came off victorious in all his duels and military campaigns.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)He took part in a number of campaigns and received his first commission, that of Ensign, in 1890.
He served in the war of 1812, and accompanied Gen. Jackson throughout the campaigns of three years, and in the Creek war.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThis fully accounts for what has taken place in recent campaigns by land and sea in the Far East.
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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