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campaign

noun

1 campaign

A race between candidates for elective office:
— I managed his campaign for governor.

synonyms: political campaign, run.

Roget 692: conduct [actions of an individual agent]; behavior; deportment, comportment; carriage, maintien, demeanor, guise, bearing, manner, observance.    dealing, ... show more

Roget 737b: politics; political science; candidacy, campaign, campaigning, electioneering; partisanship, ideology, factionalism.    election, poll, ballot, vote, referendum, ... show more

2 campaign

A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end:
— He supported populist campaigns.

synonyms: cause, crusade, drive, effort, movement.

Roget 722: warfare; fighting etc. v.; hostilities; war, arms, the sword; Mars, Bellona, grim visaged war, horrida bella [Lat.]; bloodshed.    appeal to arms, ... show more

Dutch: doel, aanleiding, reden, kruistocht
Polish: krucjata

3 campaign

Several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints).

synonym: military campaign.

Dutch: campagne, veldtocht
Polish: kampania

4 campaign

An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa).

synonyms: hunting expedition, safari.

Dutch: safari
Polish: safari

verb

1 campaign

Run, stand, or compete for an office or a position.

synonym: run.

Roget 737b: run for office, stand for office; campaign, stump; throw one's hat in the ring; announce one's candidacy.   

2 campaign

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.

synonyms: agitate, crusade, fight, press, push.

Roget 722: arm; raise troops, mobilize troops; raise up in arms; take up the cudgels etc. 720; take up arms, fly to arms, appeal to arms, fly to the sword; draw the sword, unsheathe the sword; dig up the hatchet, ... show more

3 campaign

Go on a campaign; go off to war.

synonym: take the field.


Moby thesaurus: action, activity, all-out campaign, campaign button, campaign commitments, campaign contribution, campaign fund, canvass, cause, circuit, commitment, compete, competition, contest, course, cruise, crusade, drive, effort, electioneer ... show more.

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