campaign

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noun

Campaign is defined as a series of organized actions which are done for one purpose.
An example of a campaign is when General McArthur defeated the Japanese during WWII.
Campaign is defined as a series of organized actions which are done for one purpose.
An example of a campaign is a group canvassing for a political candidate running for office.

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campaign

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

Origin of campaign

French campagne, open country suited to military maneuvers; hence, military expedition from Italian campagna from Late Latin campania, level country from Classical Latin campus, a field: see campus

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

to participate in, or go on, a campaign

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noun

A series of military operations undertaken to achieve a large-scale objective during a war: Grant's Vicksburg campaign secured the entire Mississippi for the Union.
An operation or series of operations energetically pursued to accomplish a purpose: an advertising campaign for a new product; a candidate's political campaign.

intransitive verb

cam·paigned, cam·paign·ing, cam·paigns

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.

Origin of campaign

French campagne from Italian campagna field, military operation from Late Latin campānia open country, battlefield from Latin campus field ; see campus.

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cam·paign′er
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campaign

campaign crusade drive push

These nouns denote a vigorous concerted effort to accomplish a purpose: a fund-raising campaign; a crusade for improved social services; a drive to sell bonds; a push to get the bill passed.

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Noun

(plural campaigns)

A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.
an election campaign; a military campaign
The company is targeting children in their latest advertising campaign.
The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present campaigns, present participle campaigning, simple past and past participle campaigned)

(intransitive) To take part in a campaign.
She campaigned for better social security.

Origin

From French campagne, from Italian campagna (“field, military operation”), from Late Latin campānia (“open country, battlefield”), from Latin campus (“field”).

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