Noun: campaign kam'peyn
- An organized series of activities to achieve a specific goal
"The advertising campaign increased sales"
- A race between candidates for elective office
"I managed his campaign for governor";
- political campaign, run
- A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
"he supported populist campaigns";
- cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort
- (military) several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints)
"The general planned a military campaign to recapture the lost territory";
- military campaign
- Stand or compete for an office or a position
"Who's campaigning for treasurer this year?";
- run
- Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
"She is campaigning for women's rights";
- crusade, fight, press, push, agitate
- Go on a campaign; go off to war
"The army campaigned in the desert";
- take the field
Derived forms: campaigning, campaigned, campaigns
Type of: advertise, advertize [US, non-standard], flack [N. Amer, informal], go, locomote, military operation, move, op [informal], operation, promote, push, race, run, travel, venture
Encyclopedia: Campaign, Tennessee