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.

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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