campaign

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A planned series of actions to achieve a particular goal.

   They launched a campaign to clean up the local beaches.

2. 2
   noun

   A series of activities to win an election.

   She managed his campaign for governor.

3. 3
   verb

   To take part in organised activities to achieve a goal or win an election.

   They campaigned for better social security for the elderly.

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Simplified etymology

Campaign comes from Latin campania, “open countryside,” based on campus, “field.” It first referred to a tract of open land, then acquired its military meaning because armies took to the countryside for seasonal operations rather than remaining in fortified winter quarters.

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.

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