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to campaign

to campaign

3 7.7
To take part in a series of military actions
  • 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.

Examples

  • Major Lawrence will campaign this winter.

  • 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.

  • The soldiers will campaign in the mountainous region during the spring.

  • During World War II, many armies had to campaign across various fronts.

Synonyms

to take the field
vsto campaign
  • Jargon
3 8.0

To send soldiers out to start fighting

is the single word form for the same series of military actions

Phrasal Verbs

To start a planned set of actions to achieve a goal

Compounds

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

45 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

15 4.4

An organized effort to get someone elected to the senate

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

A planned effort to collect money for a cause

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

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

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

1 7.0

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

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

1 8.2

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

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

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

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

An organized effort to be elected governor of a state

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

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

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

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

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

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

How Large

invasion
374 4.3
to campaign
3 7.7
operation
∞ 3.2
raid
330 4.9
skirmish
39 6.4

Surface Forms

campaign infinitive
campaigned past
campaigned past participle
campaigning present participle
campaigns third person singular

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.