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Campaign definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CAMPAIGN,
CAMPAIGNER, n. One who has served in an army several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a race between candidates for elective office; "I managed his campaign for governor"; "he is raising money for a Senate run" [syn: political campaign, campaign, run]
2: 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" [syn: campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort]
3: several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) [syn: campaign, military campaign]
4: an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa) [syn: campaign, hunting expedition, safari] v
1: run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's running for treasurer this year?" [syn: campaign, run]
2: 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" [syn: crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate]
3: go on a campaign; go off to war [syn: campaign, take the field]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: French campagne, probably from Italian campagna level country, campaign, from Late Latin campania level country, from Latin, the level country around Naples Date: circa 1656 1. a connected series of military operations forming a distinct phase of a war 2. a connected series of operations designed to bring about a particular result <election campaign> II. verb Date: 1701 intransitive verb to go on, engage in, or conduct a campaign transitive verb to enter (as a horse or boat) in competition • campaigner noun

U.S. Military Dictionary

A series of related major operations aimed at achieving strategic and operational objectives within a given time and space. See also campaign plan. (JP 5-0)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 an organized course of action for a particular purpose, esp. to arouse public interest (e.g. before a political election). 2 a a series of military operations in a definite area or to achieve a particular objective. b military service in the field (on campaign). --v.intr. conduct or take part in a campaign. Derivatives: campaigner n. Etymology: F campagne open country f. It. campagna f. LL campania

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Campaign Cam*paign", n. [F. campagne, It. campagna, fr. L. Campania the level country about Naples, fr. campus field. See Camp, and cf. Champaign, Champagne.] 1. An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign. --Grath. 2. (Mil.) A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field. --Wilhelm. 3. Political operations preceding an election; a canvass. [Cant, U. S.] 4. (Metal.) The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Campaign Cam*paign", v. i. To serve in a campaign.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(campaigns, campaigning, campaigned) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A campaign is a planned set of activities that people carry out over a period of time in order to achieve something such as social or political change. During his election campaign he promised to put the economy back on its feet... ...the campaign against public smoking. N-COUNT: oft N to-inf, N for/against n 2. If someone campaigns for something, they carry out a planned set of activities over a period of time in order to achieve their aim. We are campaigning for law reform... They have been campaigning to improve the legal status of women. VERB: V for/against n, V to-inf 3. In a war, a campaign is a series of planned movements carried out by armed forces. The allies are intensifying their air campaign. = operation N-COUNT: oft n N 4. see also advertising campaign

Moby Thesaurus

action, activity, all-out campaign, campaign button, campaign commitments, campaign contribution, campaign fund, canvass, cause, circuit, commitment, compete, competition, contest, course, cruise, crusade, drive, effort, electioneer, excursion, expedition, faith, fare, globe-trot, go abroad, go on safari, go overseas, grand tour, grass-roots campaign, great cause, hard-hitting campaign, hit the trail, holy war, hurrah campaign, interest, issue, jaunt, jihad, journey, junket, lifework, make a journey, make a pilgrimage, make a trip, make an expedition, mass movement, media campaign, movement, offensive, operations, outing, package tour, peregrinate, peregrination, pilgrim, pilgrimage, pleasure trip, principle, progress, push, race, range the world, reason for being, ring doorbells, rivalry, round trip, rubberneck, rubberneck tour, run, safari, sally, shoot, sight-see, solicit votes, solicitation, stalk, stand, struggle, stump, stump excursion, stump the country, stumping tour, take a trip, take the road, take the stump, tour, trek, trip, turn, undertake operations, voyage, war, wayfare, whistle-stop, whistle-stop campaign