to campaign
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3.9
- verb
- /kæmˈpeɪn/
:
hacer campaña
- She plans to campaign actively for her local candidate in the upcoming election.
- candidates campaign
- parties campaign
- campaign for president
Examples
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In 2010, Browning retired as secretary of state to campaign against the new election rules.
Academic text (2011) -
Well, how do you feel about campaigning for Goldwater?
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Does it allow people to campaign for transformation?
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Will pressure groups begin campaigning for the fundamental human right to lie?
Academic text (2011) -
If I was in the legislature, I'd campaign against it.
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I can't wait to start campaigning.
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We start campaigning tomorrow.
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Ladies and gentlemen, when I was campaigning for the office of Mayor of this city, I made you some promises, and today, we see our efforts come to fruition.
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For some time already, the left-wing opposition has campaigned by opposing the government's economic measures.
Academic text (1999) -
Since his overthrow, the ex-president has relentlessly campaigned internationally for the ouster of the military regime.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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1.0
To try hard to oppose or overcome something difficult
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3.0
To try to win an elected position in an election
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1.5
To try hard to achieve something, especially against difficulty
285
3.9
Ask someone firmly and repeatedly to do something
100
4.0
To try to persuade public officials to support a policy or decision
33
2.8
To try to win something by competing with other people or groups
11
5.6
To try to make political or social change
8
6.8
To campaign strongly for a cause over a long time
3
4.3
To start a planned set of actions to achieve a goal
3
9.4
To try to get power or support within a group for personal gain
1
7.4
To work actively to help a candidate or party win an election
1
7.9
To begin a determined public campaign to change something
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
16
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
2
7.5
A secret effort to spread bad rumors about someone to make people think less of them
2
7.4
Organized effort to spread secret bad rumors to make people think badly of someone
- US
1
7.0
A wide-brimmed felt hat with a high crown that soldiers, park rangers, and state troopers wear
1
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 Active
Surface Forms
Etymology
Campaign as a verb for working to win support comes from the same image of going into the 'field' to carry out a plan, from the Latin campus 'field'. That's why to campaign is to work in an organized way to reach a goal, for example in politics or social causes.