to campaign
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7.7
- verb
- /kæmˈpeɪn/
:
hacer campaña
- They prepared to campaign in enemy territory, gathering supplies and strategizing.
And those, those nine months were campaigning, fighting this this country's threats.
- And those, those nine months were campaigning, fighting this this country's threats.
Examples
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Major Lawrence will campaign this winter.
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Once, when I was a foot soldier in the Nevan army, we went down to campaign in The Zone.
Fiction book (1990) -
And Cesar, while on campaign, slept outside instead.
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The soldiers will campaign in the mountainous region during the spring.
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During World War II, many armies had to campaign across various fronts.
Synonyms
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8.0
To send soldiers out to start fighting
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
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3.2
Organized actions by a candidate or party to get votes and win an election
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4.1
A planned series of actions by soldiers to reach a goal in one area during a set time
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5.5
An organized effort to hurt someone's reputation by making false or unfair accusations
A planned set of actions to make people view a company or person more positively
- Literature
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7.5
A secret effort to spread bad rumors about someone to make people think less of them
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7.4
Organized effort to spread secret bad rumors to make people think badly of someone
- US
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7.0
A wide-brimmed felt hat with a high crown that soldiers, park rangers, and state troopers wear
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9.7
Allied attack in World War I in 1915 to take the Gallipoli peninsula that failed against Turkish forces
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8.6
A series of battles in World War II in which Allied troops fight to retake Guadalcanal from Japanese forces
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
- Literature
A campaign where a candidate meets voters at the candidate's home instead of traveling
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
- Texting
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 Large
Surface Forms
Etymology
Campaign as a verb comes from soldiers going out into the 'field' to fight, from the Latin campus 'field'. That is why to campaign (as an army) means to take part in a series of military actions or go off to war.