campaign

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kæmˈpeɪn/, /kəmˈpeɪn/

Noun

campaign (plural campaigns)

1. A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.

   an election campaign

   a military campaign

   The company is targeting children in their latest advertising campaign.

2. The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.
3. (obsolete) An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills; a champaign.
4. (obsolete) An excursion into the countryside.

Translations

• French: campagne
• German: Einsatz, Feldzug, Heereszug, Kampagne
• Italian: campagna
• Portuguese: campanha
• Russian: кампа́ния
• Spanish: campaña

Verb

campaign (campaigns, present participle campaigning; past and past participle campaigned)

1. (intransitive) To take part in a campaign.

   She campaigned for better social security.

2. (transitive) Consistently ride in races for a racing season.
   • 2014, Doug Boyce, Drag Racing's Quarter-Mile Warriors: Then & Now, chapter 1, gbooks :

     Ron campaigned the car for a couple seasons before selling it to Mark Danekas (Danekas blowers), who ran the car himself briefly before putting it on the market once again.

Translations

• German: einsetzen (for: für)

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