campaign
nounverbcommon in dialogue
- //kæmˈpeɪn//
- //kəmˈpeɪn//
A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.
noun
- 1
A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.
an election campaign
a military campaign
The company is targeting children in its latest advertising campaign.
He was given three days to campaign for the post of president in his school.
- 2
A player or team's efforts during a sporting season.
His campaign for Hampshire was very good.
- 3
A series of play sessions using the same player characters, forming a continuous narrative.
- 4
The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.
- 5
obsoleteAn open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills; a champaign.
- 6
obsoleteAn excursion into the countryside.
Etymology
From French campagne, from Italian campagna (“field, military operation”), from Late Latin campānia (“open country, battlefield”), from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of campania, campagna, and champagne.
verb
- 1
To take part in a campaign.
She campaigned for better social security.
But the purported rise in violent videos online has led some MPs to campaign for courts to have more power to remove or block material on YouTube. The Labour MP Heidi Alexander said she was appalled after a constituent was robbed at knifepoint, and the attackers could be found brandishing weapons and rapping about gang violence online.
Donald Trump is shifting gears as the Iowa caucuses draw closer, taking a more active approach to campaigning in the Hawkeye State in order to quash any possibility that one of his primary rivals could catch up to him there.
- 2
To consistently ride in races for a racing season.
After modifying her for ocean racing, he campaigned her for three years, and in 1975, donated her to the U.S. Naval Academy.
The "more curious" were the affluent planters who bred and campaigned race horses in quarter races, the only form of racing practiced in the Virginia colony during the first 125 years of its existence.
Holman & Moody built more Mustangs than just the Mickey Thompson cars. One in that number was this red 302-powered 1969 Sportsroof. It was campaigned by David Pearson and Bobby Allison during the 1969 through 1972 seasons.
Ron campaigned the car for a couple seasons before selling it to Mark Danekas (Danekas blowers), who ran the car himself briefly before putting it on the market once again.
Forms
- plural
- campaigns
- past tense
- campaigned
- past participle
- campaigned
- present participle
- campaigning
- third person singular
- campaigns
campaign · A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.
Campbell · A characteristical surname from Scottish Gaelic.camper · A person who camps, especially in a tent etc.Camper · A surname.