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Meaning campaign meaning

What does campaign mean?
Definitions in simple English

campaign Noun

— A campaign is a group of activities working towards a particular goal, often to elect a political candidate or in a war. Angry TV viewers did launch a letter-writing campaign against CBS's decision to cancel the show. The president is preparing for his re-election campaign. For four months the government has waged a campaign to shut down the illegal drug operations. The Shining Path waged a bloody campaign against the Peruvian government, killing more than 40,000 people.

campaign Verb

— If you are campaigning, you are working in an organized way with a goal.

campaign

— noun (= run) a race between candidates for elective office I managed his campaign for governor he is raising money for a Senate run — verb (= run) run, stand, or compete for an office or a position Who's running for treasurer this year? — noun (= cause, drive, movement, effort) a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end he supported populist campaigns they worked in the cause of world peace the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant the movement to end slavery contributed to the war effort — noun several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) — verb (= crusade, push) 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 The liberal party pushed for reforms She is crusading for women's rights The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate — verb go on a campaign; go off to war — noun an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa)

Synonyms campaign synonyms

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campaign English » English

drive movement crusade battle war fight expedition effort agitate run cause canvass conflict take the field safari propaganda promotion political campaign military campaign hunting expedition countryside combat campaign life works work try to get votes tour thrust throw task stump stroke strike sports sortie solicit votes social movement smash slap shock seek votes sally run for an election run for push publish project press physical exercises percussion

Topics campaign topics

What do people use campaign to talk about?
Social behavior Conflict Fight

Fight against something bad
Social behavior Conflict Fight

Fight for something good
Social behavior Government Government functions

Election
Social behavior Conflict

War
Work and occupation Work Method

Try, attempt
Language and thought Communication Say Criticize

Gossip

Conjugation campaign conjugation

How do you conjugate campaign?

campaign · verb

Examples campaign examples

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Simple sentences

Students took the lead in the campaign against pollution.
The campaign succeeded and he won the election.
The campaign seems to be going like a bomb.
Some politicians never make good on campaign promises.
As the days passed, our campaign grew in momentum.
He fought a successful election campaign.
The Democrats bought space on commercial television for the campaign.
Do you think the campaign was successful in Italy?
Our sales campaign is successful in a big way.
A group started a campaign to preserve rain forests.
We started a campaign against smoking.
Regrettably, he lacks the financial wherewithal to run a presidential campaign.
The careful use of evocative imagery is an important part of building a successful advertising campaign.
The campaign ends on Monday.

Movie subtitles

Evan's campaign manager.
Was he with Maureen Moffatt, his campaign manager?
Anyway, it's not one of those 'ads for my meal' campaign.
Evan's campaign manager?
This is looking more and more like a campaign against a campaign.
You spoke of a campaign against a campaign?
And, to a campaign on the back of very vulnerable people.
It's a pre-parade campaign debrief.
My campaign manager, Simon Petrovic.
It's bad timing with your campaign.
Oh, some years ago, yeah, for a promotional campaign.
Uh, Pete London is obfuscating on his whereabouts on the night of the murders, and we are still waiting to hear back from Jed Charmer's campaign manager, Simon Petrovic, to verify his story.
And in return, I would ask that you stop your campaign of false propaganda.
On the eve of a greater and more glorious war campaign.
But he's run a campaign rotten with lies and mud. and promises that he knew were lies when he made them!
Cited several times during the campaign, given the rank of captain, he went missing Dec. 16, 1917, in the Somme.
She obstructs my campaign in every way.
If she'd given you the support your campaign deserved without the word of a lie, man it would be me and not you that would be surrendering this day.
Mapping a campaign?
I came to see you about this campaign of yours.
The Inquirer's campaign against the Public Transit Company.
I made no campaign promises because, until a few weeks ago, I had no hope of being elected.
Yeah, it looks like one of those election-campaign wagons.
The whole marriage is just another campaign stunt to him. insisting we hold it the day before the election. so I'll get a good publicity break on election day.
You see why I couldn't go down to campaign headquarters tonight?
Didn't you ever hear of a campaign promise?
The doctor told me I was unfit to campaign.
This night we set a day for a campaign on gentry Polacks!
I am speaking of Charles Foster Kane, the fighting liberal the friend of the workingman, the next governor of this state who entered upon this campaign.
What we have done up to now is only the beginning of our campaign.
I just worship your books, Mr. Warren, especially The Last Campaign on the Lower Mississippi.
I think I know your news. It'll be more than an article. it'll be a campaign against the Ministry.
But it is you who carried out the editorial campaign, which has made the scheme possible.
I must speak to Laroche-Mathieu. His defense of the African campaign.
My old campaign song. - Sing it.
Don't make a campaign speech out of it.
It will make ideal campaign headquarters for my siege of Lord Augustus.
Let's have an economy campaign and stay in for a few weeks.

News and current affairs

Instead, I believe that the most important way to reawaken voters' interest in European elections will be to open up the election of the Commission's President to them, and create a genuinely Europe-wide political debate during the next election campaign.
Fortunately, their propaganda campaign has been a failure.
Conceivably, over the longer term, China's successful campaign could now open the door to lobbying by other governments to include their currencies as well.
By contrast, rebelling against one's parents' generation and rediscovering traditional moral stances will save France - a message that is highly applicable to issues, such as education and immigration, that may dominate the electoral campaign.
Unfortunately, Merkel's campaign is off to a rocky start, and the recent entry of Oskar Lafontaine's extreme left-wing party into the fray may necessitate the formation of a grand coalition between the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats.
McCain is a man of strong traditional values who prides himself on his willingness to act quickly and decisively, which he sought to do during the negotiations on the bailout by suspending his campaign to return to Washington.
His choice of Alaska's Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate shook up the presidential campaign.
Both political parties serve their rich campaign contributors, while proclaiming that they defend the middle class.
The big campaign contributors to both parties pay to ensure that their vested interests dominate political debates.
The Obama campaign is pummeling Romney on Medicare, and the Romney campaign is hammering Obama for his refusal to negotiate or even propose a solution.
These wealthy groups and individuals gave billions of dollars to the candidates in the recent election campaign, and they expect their contributions to yield benefits.
But, like the Republicans, the Democrats, too, are keen to shower tax cuts on their major campaign contributors, predominantly rich Americans.
Each of these constitutes a war crime, a crime against humanity and, in the case of the Anfal campaign and its mass slaughter, and perhaps also in the case of the Marsh Arabs, the gravest crime of all, genocide.
SANTA BARBARA - The Chinese government's campaign to have its currency, the renminbi, included in the International Monetary Fund's reserve asset appears to be on the brink of success.
If Suu Kyi is permitted to campaign free of restraint, for both her own seat and to boost the electoral chances of her NLD colleagues, it will be clear that Thein Sein and his government are truly determined to bring their country in from the cold.
These sorts of trees can be restored, given a concerted campaign and investment in nurseries to produce local varieties.
That, in turn, requires educating the public further about human rights and women's rights through school textbooks, continuing education courses, and a vigorous media campaign.
NEW YORK - The campaign to ensure that companies engaged in extractive activities disclose all of their payments in their host countries is gaining momentum - and France is leading the effort.
The campaign to forgive Africa's debt was, on the other hand, focused on the crushing debt load owed by African countries to the IMF and the World Bank, who only have money to worry about.
The implication, encouraged by the regime, was that Kaltho was a recruit of mine who blew himself up while preparing his next bomb in a campaign of terror aimed at Sanni Abacha's dictatorship.
Even in long-established democracies, candidates for elective office are not evaluated according to their wisdom and leadership, but according to the size of their campaign war chests.
In the US, alligator-filled moats and electrified border fences have featured in the current presidential campaign.
President Rafael Correa had been toying with default since the 2006 presidential campaign (debt repudiation was part of his platform), and quickly earned a CCC rating from Fitch.
America's presidential election campaign is heating up, and with it the debate about American power.
Park's success will depend, in the end, on the effectiveness of her campaign in further defining her character along those lines.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has embarked on a campaign to force President Barack Obama to set a red line that Iran must not cross, lest it risk unleashing an American military response.
Implicit threats of a unilateral Israeli attack, together with conspicuous meddling in the US presidential election campaign, have compounded Netanyahu's effort to twist Obama's arm.
At the beginning of the campaign, many observers predicted that Iraq would be the major issue in 2008.

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