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noun

Campaign n.

An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign.

(Mil.) A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field.

Political operations preceding an election, by candidates, their assistants, and supporters, for the purpose of convincing voters to vote for the candidate. It usually consists of one or more methods of contacting voters including advertising, distribution or mailing of printed leaflets or letters; speeches, interviews with news media, and door-to-door visits with potential voters.

Hence: Any coordinated effort to contact potential supporters or customers and solicit their support or patronage; as, an advertising campaign.

(Metal.) The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.

verb

Campaign v. i. To serve in a campaign.

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Etymology of 'Campaign'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Campaign" Quotes from Famous Books

... on my presentation; and my friends employed themselves to the utmost in furthering my desires and insuring my triumph. The chancellor, who each day became more attached to my interests, opened the campaign. One day, when the king was in a rage with the parliaments, the chancellor seized the opportunity to tell him that the cabal, who were opposed to my presentation, testified so much resistance, under the idea, and in the hope, that they would be supported ...

— "Written by Herself" • Baron Etienne Leon Lamothe-Langon

... Macdonalds; Feud between the Macdonalds and Mackintoshes; Inverness Inverness threatened by Macdonald of Keppoch Dundee appears in Keppoch's Camp Insurrection of the Clans hostile to the Campbells Tarbet's Advice to the Government Indecisive Campaign in the Highlands Military Character of the Highlanders Quarrels in the Highland Army Dundee applies to James for Assistance; the War in the Highlands suspended Scruples of the Covenanters about taking Arms for King William ...

— The History of England from the Accession of James II. - Volume 3 (of 5) • Thomas Babington Macaulay

... Curie campaign, I replied that I had committed myself to the work and could not abandon it. "I was not referring to the Curie campaign," she replied, "but to the Delineator. You are right; it is of vital importance to serve the great masses of people. ...

— The Log-Cabin Lady, An Anonymous Autobiography • Unknown

... mail, and on the belt of the short sword, showed that they grudged no expense; in fact, they thought only of enjoyment, and it was merely for the honor of it that they were serving for a few years in the imperial guard. By and by they would rest, after all the hardships of the campaign, in their palace at Rome, or in the villas on the various estates that they had inherited from their father and mother, and then, for a change, hold honorary positions in the public service. Their friends knew that they also contemplated being married on the same day, when the game of ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

... May evening, when Love Ellsworth found his happiness again, they had been busy laying their plans for a summer campaign. ...

— Dainty's Cruel Rivals - The Fatal Birthday • Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller

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