1 ~ (against / for sth) a series of planned activities that are intended to achieve a particular social, commercial or political aim:
to conduct a campaign * a campaign against ageism in the workplace * the campaign for parliamentary reform * an anti-smoking campaign * Today police launched (= began) a campaign to reduce road accidents. * an advertising campaign * an election campaign * the President's campaign team / manager
2 a series of attacks and battles that are intended to achieve a particular military aim during a war:
the North African campaign * Air battles had dominated the campaign. * a bombing campaign
verb ~ (for / against sb/sth) to take part in or lead a campaign, for example to achieve political change or in order to win an election: [V] We have campaigned against whaling for the last 15 years. * The party campaigned vigorously in the north of the country. * [Vtoinf] They are campaigning to save the area from building development.
campaigning noun [U]
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for campaign is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is campaign a noun, verb, or something else?
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