Campaign Definition
kăm-pān
campaigned, campaigning, campaigns
noun
campaigns
A series of military operations with a particular objective in a war.
Webster's New World
A series of organized, planned actions for a particular purpose, as for electing a candidate.
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verb
campaigned, campaigning, campaigns
To engage in an operation planned to achieve a certain goal.
An army that campaigned across the entire continent; a group that campaigned for human rights.
American Heritage
To participate in, or go on, a campaign.
Webster's New World
adjective
Designating or of a style of simple, portable furniture, with rectilinear lines, recessed hardware, etc., originally used on military campaigns.
Webster's New World
Origin of Campaign
French campagne from Italian campagna field, military operation from Late Latin campānia open country, battlefield from Latin campus field
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French campagne, from Italian campagna (“field, military operation”), from Late Latin campānia (“open country, battlefield”), from Latin campus (“field”).
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