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campaign

noun
/kæmˈpeɪn/

Etymology

From French campagne, from Italian campagna (“field, military operation”), from Late Latin campānia (“open country, battlefield”), from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of campania, campagna, and champagne.

  1. derived from campus
  2. derived from campānia
  3. derived from campagna
  4. derived from campagne

Definitions

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

    • an election campaign
    • a military campaign
    • The company is targeting children in its latest advertising campaign.

  2. A player or team's efforts during a sporting season.

    • His campaign for Hampshire was very good.

  3. A series of play sessions using the same player characters, forming a continuous…

    A series of play sessions using the same player characters, forming a continuous narrative.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.

    2. An open field

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

    3. An excursion into the countryside.

    4. To take part in a campaign.

      • She campaigned for better social security.

    5. Consistently ride in races for a racing season.

      • After modifying her for ocean racing, he campaigned her for three years, and in 1975, donated her to the U.S. Naval Academy.
      • The "more curious" were the affluent planters who bred and campaigned race horses in quarter races, the only form of racing practiced in the Virginia colony during the first 125 years of its existence.
      • Holman & Moody built more Mustangs than just the Mickey Thompson cars. One in that number was this red 302-powered 1969 Sportsroof. It was campaigned by David Pearson and Bobby Allison during the 1969 through 1972 seasons.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at campaign. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at campaign. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at campaign

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA