What does campaign mean?
Definitions for campaign
kæmˈpeɪncam·paign
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word campaign.
Princeton's WordNet
political campaign, campaign, run(noun)
a race between candidates for elective office
"I managed his campaign for governor"; "he is raising money for a Senate run"
campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort(noun)
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
"he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort"
campaign, military campaign(noun)
several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints)
campaign, hunting expedition, safari(verb)
an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa)
campaign, run(verb)
run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
"Who's running for treasurer this year?"
crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate(verb)
exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
"The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
campaign, take the field(verb)
go on a campaign; go off to war
GCIDE
Campaign(n.)
Hence: Any coordinated effort to contact potential supporters or customers and solicit their support or patronage; as, an advertising campaign.
Etymology: [F. campagne, It. campagna, fr. L. Campania the level country about Naples, fr. campus field. See Camp, and cf. Champaign, Champagne.]
Campaign(n.)
Political operations preceding an election, by candidates, their assistants, and supporters, for the purpose of convincing voters to vote for the candidate. It usually consists of one or more methods of contacting voters including advertising, distribution or mailing of printed leaflets or letters; speeches, interviews with news media, and door-to-door visits with potential voters.
Etymology: [F. campagne, It. campagna, fr. L. Campania the level country about Naples, fr. campus field. See Camp, and cf. Champaign, Champagne.]
Wiktionary
campaign(Noun)
A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal; as, an election campaign, a military campaign, an advertising campaign.
The company is targeting children in their latest advertising campaign.
Etymology: From campagne, from campagna, from campania, from campus.
campaign(Verb)
To take part in a campaign.
She campaigned for better social security.
Etymology: From campagne, from campagna, from campania, from campus.
Webster Dictionary
Campaign(noun)
an open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign
Etymology: [F. campagne, It. campagna, fr. L. Campania the level country about Naples, fr. campus field. See Camp, and cf. Champaign, Champagne.]
Campaign(noun)
a connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field
Etymology: [F. campagne, It. campagna, fr. L. Campania the level country about Naples, fr. campus field. See Camp, and cf. Champaign, Champagne.]
Campaign(noun)
political operations preceding an election; a canvass
Etymology: [F. campagne, It. campagna, fr. L. Campania the level country about Naples, fr. campus field. See Camp, and cf. Champaign, Champagne.]
Campaign(noun)
the period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation
Etymology: [F. campagne, It. campagna, fr. L. Campania the level country about Naples, fr. campus field. See Camp, and cf. Champaign, Champagne.]
Campaign(verb)
to serve in a campaign
Etymology: [F. campagne, It. campagna, fr. L. Campania the level country about Naples, fr. campus field. See Camp, and cf. Champaign, Champagne.]
Freebase
Campaign
In role-playing games, a campaign is a continuing storyline or set of adventures, typically involving the same characters. The purpose of the continuing storyline is to introduce a further aspect into the game: that of development, improvement, and growth of the characters. In a campaign, a single session becomes a scene or an act within an overall story arc. At its inception, a campaign may or may not have a defined conclusion. A campaign by definition spans more than one session of play. Certain aspects of the game are nearly always constant throughout a campaign: the setting, the players, and the gamemaster. The gamemaster for a campaign is said to run the campaign.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Campaign
kam-pān′, n. a large open field or plain: the time during which an army keeps the field: an excursion into the country: an organised series of operations in the advocacy of a political or social cause.—v.i. to serve in a campaign.—ns. Campagn′a, once equivalent to champaign, now used only of the Campagna, an undulating, mostly uncultivated and unhealthy plain around Rome; Campaign′er, one who has served in several campaigns. [Fr. campagne—L. campania—campus, a field.]
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
campaign
A series of related major operations aimed at achieving strategic and operational objectives within a given time and space. See also campaign plan.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
campaign
A series of connected operations by an army in the field, unbroken by its retiring into quarters.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
campaign
A connected series of military operations, forming a distinct stage or step in a war. Formerly, when troops kept the field only during the summer months, the term was used to include all that was done from the time an army took the field until it went again into winter quarters. In modern times, when no ordinary degree of cold is allowed to arrest military operations, the term is frequently used to include all steps taken to accomplish one immediate object.
Editors Contribution
campaign
A structured and organized communication, movement and effort for a specific cause a person or people choose to change.
The campaign for consultation on the proposed new wind farm has progressed and the public are now being consulted.
Submitted by MaryC on March 22, 2020
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'campaign' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1096
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'campaign' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1901
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'campaign' in Nouns Frequency: #417
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'campaign' in Verbs Frequency: #928
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of campaign in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of campaign in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of campaign in a Sentence
Well, unfortunately it created a distraction that didn't allow us at the end of the campaign there to close with our message because everybody wanted to talk about the fact that I said the same thing a couple times, and it was a mistake in the sense that, I mean what I was trying to avoid, Wolf, was kind of an inner party fight, I don't like Republican-on-Republican violence in these debates.
Donald Trump is never going to fight the system, Donald Trump is the system, donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are two sides of the same coin. Hillary Clinton has made Hillary Clinton millions from inside and Donald Trump has made Donald Trump billions buying people like Hillary Clinton. Both are part of the culture of foreign policy for personal gain. Donald Trump sought to demonstrate Donald Trump foreign policy chops as Donald Trump tries to present a more presidential image – while increasingly turning Donald Trump attention on the campaign trail to a general election battle Donald Trump presumes will involve Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. The billionaire businessman declared himself the.
We can only have that debate if our frontrunner in this campaign is a little bit braver in terms of getting out into the media, engaging in debates, engaging in the TV debate, if you want to be prime minister of the United Kingdom, you have to get out there and make your case. What would Churchill say if somebody who wants to be prime minister of the United Kingdom was hiding away from the media, not taking part in these big occasions.
No electoral campaign can be conducted from a distance so Francois Bozize will come back to the country and we will do all we can so that he returns.
President Trump's selfish decision to raid military construction funding is a new low in his ridiculous pursuit of a campaign promise. These projects, including the Space Control Facility at Peterson Air Force Base, were identified by the Department of Defense and the Trump Administration as critical to our military readiness. Taking money from operational priorities to pay for a wasteful and ineffective wall is grossly irresponsible and undermines our national security.
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Translations for campaign
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- حَمْلة, حملةArabic
- kampaniyaAzerbaijani
- кампа́ніяBelarusian
- кампа́нияBulgarian
- campanyaCatalan, Valencian
- kampaň, taženíCzech
- kampagneDanish
- Feldzug, Kampagne, einsetzen, HeereszugGerman
- campañaSpanish
- kampaaniaEstonian
- کارزارPersian
- sotaretki, kampanja, kampanjoida, sotiaFinnish
- campagneFrench
- iomairtScottish Gaelic
- מערכהHebrew
- अभियानHindi
- kampány, hadjáratHungarian
- kampanyeIndonesian
- campagnaItalian
- キャンペーンJapanese
- науқанKazakh
- ಪ್ರಚಾರKannada
- 캠페인Korean
- expeditionemLatin
- kampanija, kampanijoje, dalyvautiLithuanian
- kampaņaLatvian
- kempen, کيمڤينMalay
- kampanjeNorwegian
- campagne, veldtochtDutch
- kampanjeNorwegian Nynorsk
- kampaniaPolish
- campanhaPortuguese
- campanieRomanian
- похо́д, кампа́ния, кампанияRussian
- кампања, поход, pohod, kampanjaSerbo-Croatian
- ťaženie, kampaňSlovak
- kampanjaSlovene
- fälttåg, kampanjSwedish
- ప్రచారంలోTelugu
- kampanyaTurkish
- кампа́ніяUkrainian
- مہمUrdu
- chiến dịch, vận độngVietnamese
- krigagolädVolapük
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