campaign
Pluralcampaigns
Verbcampaigns, campaigning, campaigned
Pluralcampaigns
Formscampaigns, campaigning, campaigned
- 1A set of planned actions done over time to reach a goal.
Like a team working step by step until they reach their goal.
The town started a campaign to plant more trees.
Her safety campaign helped lower the number of car crashes.
UsageYou start or run a campaign to do something, or for or against something.
- 2A set of military actions in a war, aimed at one goal or fought in one area.
The army began a campaign to take back the northern cities.
Many soldiers got sick during the long winter campaign in the mountains.
UsageOften named after a place or a leader: the Gallipoli campaign.
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- 3To take part in a series of planned actions aimed at reaching a goal.
Like joining others to push for a change you care about.
They campaign every spring for better parks.
He campaigned for months before the vote.
UsageUse for or against: campaign for better parks, campaign against a new road.
- 4A team or player's performance and efforts during one sports season.
Like one whole school year where every test adds up to your final grade.
The team had a great campaign and almost won the league.
His first campaign with the new club ended early with a knee injury.
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- 5The main story part of a video game, played as a chain of missions or levels.
I finished the campaign in about twelve hours.
She skips the campaign and only plays online matches with friends.
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- 6A set of linked game sessions that follow the same characters through one long story.
Like a TV show where each game night is one episode of a bigger story.
Our role-playing group has kept the same campaign going for two years.
The campaign lasted almost two years of weekly games.
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- 7To race a horse, car, or boat regularly during a racing season.
Like entering the same horse in race after race all season long.
They campaigned the colt throughout the summer races.
She wants to campaign her mare next season.
UsageThe horse or car comes right after the verb: campaign a mare. You can also say it was campaigned by someone.
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- 8A wide, flat stretch of open land with few or no hills.
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- 9A trip out into the countryside for pleasure.
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- 10The stretch of time when a blast furnace keeps running without stopping.
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Origin
It comes from French campagne, which came from Italian and Latin words for a field or open country.
Checked 5 Nov 2026 · 2 facts
- English campaign comes from French campagne. en.wiktionary.org
- The ancestral Italian and Latin words meant a field or open country. en.wiktionary.org