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campaign

campaign

2.7
A planned set of public actions to win support
  • noun
  • /kæmˈpeɪn/
translation icon : campaña
  • They even started an anti-SIM driver campaign.
  • an awareness campaign
  • a presidential campaign
  • an election campaign

You are not going to win a campaign on policy plans.

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Examples

  • We look forward to extending the campaign to our full membership with these leadership gifts.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Activities will include surveying residents regarding campaign exposure and the campaign's impact on the pilot project.

    Academic text (2013)
  • You are not going to win a campaign on policy plans.

  • Since starting this campaign four months ago, we have lost...

  • You know, Chris paid off his entire campaign debt tonight, right?

  • There is nothing that explains her campaign decisions other than that.

  • Brown also believes that this is a campaign that should have been won many years ago.

    Academic text (2015)
  • These were all large public campaigns to educate people.

  • Once the footage got out, it sparked a nationwide campaign.

  • The organization launched a campaign to raise awareness about climate change.

Synonyms

effort
vscampaign
1.3

An organized activity by people to achieve a specific goal

is used more for public, political, or business goals
drive
vscampaign
133 3.5

An organized effort to reach a goal or the movement of animals together

is more specifically about a planned series of actions for a goal
crusade
vscampaign
77 7.1

A strong campaign over time to bring social, political, or religious change

is less intense and not driven by moral or religious zeal
campaigning
vscampaign
75 3.2

Organized work to help a person or group win an election

is broader, used for many goals beyond elections

Compounds

Organized actions by a candidate or party to get votes and win an election

39 2.6

A planned series of ads and activities to get people to buy or notice something

A planned series of ads on TV or online to get people to buy a product

A planned series of actions by soldiers to reach a goal in one area during a set time

An organized effort to hurt someone's reputation by making false or unfair accusations

9 4.4

An organized effort to get someone elected to the senate

An organized effort to be elected governor of a state

A planned set of actions to make people view a company or person more positively

whisper campaign
  • Literature
2 7.5

A secret effort to spread bad rumors about someone to make people think less of them

Organized effort to spread secret bad rumors to make people think badly of someone

A set of ads and activities to get more people to buy a product

An organized effort to stop bullying, often in schools or workplaces

A planned effort to collect money for a cause

1 7.0

A wide-brimmed felt hat with a high crown that soldiers, park rangers, and state troopers wear

Allied attack in World War I in 1915 to take the Gallipoli peninsula that failed against Turkish forces

A series of battles in World War II in which Allied troops fight to retake Guadalcanal from Japanese forces

4.9

A planned series of marketing actions to reach business goals

A planned effort to use praise and friendliness to gain support or popularity

A failed 1915 Allied attack that tried to take the Dardanelles Strait to open a sea route to Russia

Organized activities to tell people about a religion and persuade them to join

Organized promotion that tries to persuade people to use a product or platform

8.2

A campaign where a candidate meets voters at the candidate's home instead of traveling

A planned series of attacks by ships to gain control of the sea

A planned effort by a company to change how people see its name, logo, or image

A series of battles in 1945 when United States forces captured the island of Okinawa from Japan

A planned online effort to spread ideas or false information to change people's opinions

A series of major battles in 1864 during the American Civil War between Grant and Lee that caused many deaths

A series of battles and a long siege near Petersburg, Virginia during 1864 and 1865 in the American Civil War

A series of 1864 Civil War battles between Grant and Lee fought in thick forest with heavy losses

How Big

international
2.1
campaign
2.7
initiative
458 3.5

Surface Forms

campaign singular
campaigns plural

Etymology

Campaign comes from the Latin root campus meaning 'field' and an old French word campagne meaning 'open country'. Think of candidates going out into the 'field' to meet people and win votes, which is why a campaign is an organized series of actions to gain support.