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campaign definition

cam·paign (kam pān′)

noun

  1. a series of military operations with a particular objective in a war
  2. a series of organized, planned actions for a particular purpose, as for electing a candidate

Etymology: Fr campagne, open country suited to military maneuvers; hence, military expedition < It campagna < LL campania, level country < L campus, a field: see campus

adjective

designating or of a style of simple, portable furniture, with rectilinear lines, recessed hardware, etc., originally used on military campaigns

intransitive verb

to participate in, or go on, a campaign

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campaign Synonyms

campaign

n.

operations, crusade, drive, warfare; see attack 1, battle 2. See syn. study at battle.


campaign

v.

  1. To solicit votes

    crusade, electioneer, run for, agitate, tour, contend for, stand for (British), contest, canvass, swing through the country, solicit votes, lobby, barnstorm, stump, hit the campaign trail, mend fences*, go to the grass roots*, go baby-kissing*, beat the bushes*, whistle-stop*; see also compete.

  2. To fight

    battle, wage war, invade; see fight 2.


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campaign Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • launch: Last week, Oxfam launched the new campaign to MAKE TRADE FAIR.

Preposition: against

  • privatization: Getting motions passed at general meetings forces Student Unions to campaign against privatization.

Adjective modifier

  • promotional: This plan also allows for the development of promotional campaigns.

Preposition: on

  • behalf: Today's editor of The Northern Echo, Peter Barron continues to campaign on behalf of readers.

Noun used with modifier

  • advertising: Discuss with the children the Green Cross Code advertising campaign on television.

Preposition: of

  • misinformation: And indeed the new campaign of misinformation, disinformation and suppression has begun.

Modifies a noun

  • trail: Campaign trail president a child health insurance policy texas chronic illness or individual insurance is sometimes called.
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campaign quotes

It is alarming and odious to see Mr Gandhi, a seditious MiddleTemple lawyer, now posing as a fakir of a type well-known in the East, striding half-naked up the steps of the vice-regal palace, while he is still conducting a defiant campaign of civil disobedience, to parley on equal terms with the representative of the King- Emperor.

-Churchill, Lord Randolph Henry Spencer

   We are suffering a national defeat comparable to any lost military campaign, and what is more, it is self- inflicted† It is about time that we pulled our fingers out† The rest of the world most certainly does not owe us a living.

-Edinburgh, Prince Philip, Duke of

The Frenchhad a moremartial air thanthe English.There seemed to be a species of military instinct in all classes. No young man appeared to have finished his education till after a bloody campaign† They were at this singular period, without the least exaggeration, a century behind us in notions of legal and moral responsibility.

-Haydon, Benjamin Robert

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