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kæmˈpeɪncam·paign

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. political campaign, campaign, runnoun

    a race between candidates for elective office

    "I managed his campaign for governor"; "he is raising money for a Senate run"

  2. campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effortnoun

    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"

  3. campaign, military campaignnoun

    several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints)

  4. campaign, hunting expedition, safariverb

    an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa)

  5. campaign, runverb

    run, stand, or compete for an office or a position

    "Who's running for treasurer this year?"

  6. crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitateverb

    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"

  7. campaign, take the fieldverb

    go on a campaign; go off to war

GCIDE

  1. Campaignnoun

    Hence: Any coordinated effort to contact potential supporters or customers and solicit their support or patronage; as, an advertising campaign.

  2. Campaignnoun

    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.

Wiktionary

  1. campaignnoun

    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.

  2. campaignverb

    To take part in a campaign.

    She campaigned for better social security.

  3. Etymology: From campagne, from campagna, from campania, from campus.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Campaign, CAMPANIAnoun

    Etymology: campaigne, French; campania, Ital.

    The contrary of all this happens in countries thinly inhabited, and especially in vast campanias, where there are few cities, besides what grow by the residence of kings. William Temple.

    Those grateful groves, that shade the plain,
    Where Tiber rolls majestick to the main,
    And fattens, as he runs, the fair campaign. Samuel Garth, Ovid.

    This might have hastened his march, which would have made a fair conclusion of the campaign. Edward Hyde.

    An iliad rising out of one campaign. Addison.

ChatGPT

  1. campaign

    A campaign generally refers to an organized, strategic course of action aimed towards achieving a specific goal or objective. This term is typically used in the context of politics, marketing, or social causes, where various methods such as advertising, promotion, or public advocacy are used to generate support, influence public opinion, or stimulate sales.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Campaignnoun

    an open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign

  2. Campaignnoun

    a connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field

  3. Campaignnoun

    political operations preceding an election; a canvass

  4. Campaignnoun

    the period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation

  5. Campaignverb

    to serve in a campaign

  6. Etymology: [F. campagne, It. campagna, fr. L. Campania the level country about Naples, fr. campus field. See Camp, and cf. Champaign, Champagne.]

Wikidata

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. campaign

    A series of connected operations by an army in the field, unbroken by its retiring into quarters.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. 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

  1. 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  

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'campaign' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1096

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'campaign' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1901

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'campaign' in Nouns Frequency: #417

  4. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'campaign' in Verbs Frequency: #928

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  1. pangamic

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of campaign in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of campaign in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of campaign in a Sentence

  1. Ted Cruz:

    This is manifesting itself right now in President Obama’s national field director helping run the campaign to defeat Prime Minister Netanyahu in Israel in coordination with a nonprofit group that has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the American taxpayer.

  2. Donald Trump:

    I don't know yet. I haven't thought of it. I am thinking about this one, i'm financing my own campaign. When I get (to the general election), it's a little bit of a different story, because the (Republican Party) gets involved and other people get involved and so a little bit of a different story.

  3. Armstrong Williams:

    Dr. Carson does have a book out that he's talking about on the campaign trail, but he's also talking about issues. He's talking about his policies. It's a very delicate situation but Dr. Carson has not suspended (his campaign).

  4. Lars Goran Johansson:

    I always felt if the No campaign had used the flag they would have won.

  5. Devin Nunes:

    Now you would think, if you thought the Russians were colluding with the President Donald Trump campaign, and that there was this massive event taking place, to where the Russians were trying to help President Donald Trump get elected and they were colluding and passing information or dumping emails in the direction of them, you would've thought that Congress would've been briefed back in 2016.

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