campaign

Universal Words noun, verb noun 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]