Word Frequency
campaign (kæmˈpeɪn
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Definitions
noun
- a series of coordinated activities, such as public speaking and demonstrating, designed
to achieve a social, political, or commercial goal ⇒
a presidential campaign
,an advertising campaign
- (military) a number of complementary operations aimed at achieving a single objective, usually constrained by time or geographic area
verb
- intr often foll by for to conduct, serve in, or go on a campaign
Derived Forms
camˈpaigner nounWord Origin
C17: from French campagne open country, from Italian campagna, from Late Latin campānia, from Latin campus fieldTranslations for 'campaign'
- British English: campaign 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.kæmˈpeɪn NOUN
- Arabic: حَمْلَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: campanha
- Chinese: 宣传活动
- Croatian: kampanja
- Czech: kampaň
- Danish: kampagne
- Dutch: campagne
- European Spanish: campaña
- Finnish: kampanja
- French: campagnepolitique
- German: Kampagne
- Greek: εκστρατεία
- Italian: campagna
- Japanese: 運動行動
- Korean: 캠페인
- Norwegian: kampanje
- Polish: kampania
- Portuguese: campanha
- Romanian: campanie campanii
- Russian: кампания
- Spanish: campaña
- Swedish: kampanj
- Thai: การรณรงค์
- Turkish: kampanya
- Ukrainian: кампанія
- Vietnamese: chiến dịch
Example Sentences Including 'campaign'
Amnesty International, generously mentioned in the course of the interview, is at present engaged in such a campaign.Glasgow Herald (2001)
Bush's campaign adopted the same tactic - working hard to confuse voters on the differences with Gore.Glasgow Herald (2001)
For more information about the charitable trust or to donate money to the campaign , visit www.Country Life (2004)
In Cork Micheál Martin, the Minister who was supposed to lead the campaign , fared little better.Irish Times (2002)
On one level I was organising a campaign to get Jarawa's death sentence commuted.THE EXECUTION (2002)
One such was the campaign Asda ran in the autumn of 2003, for example, targeting first-year undergraduates.SHOPPED: The Shocking Power of British Supermarkets (2004)
They complained you were late with briefing submissions, you missed meetings or arrived late, turned in second-rate campaign proposals.BETTER THAN THIS (2002)
They were only one of a number of local campaign groups who decided to use the event to highlight their cause.Irish Times (2002)
We'd discussed his last campaign -- it was for a Syrian dissident who'd been sentenced to death for treason.THE EXECUTION (2002)
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