English Online Dictionary. What means campaign? What does campaign mean?
English
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kæmˈpeɪn/, /kəmˈpeɪn/
- Rhymes: -eɪn
Noun
campaign (plural campaigns)
- A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.
- (sports) A player or team's efforts during a sporting season.
- (roleplaying games) A series of play sessions using the same player characters, forming a continuous narrative.
- The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.
- (obsolete) An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills; a champaign.
- (obsolete) An excursion into the countryside.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Hebrew: קמפיין (kampéin)
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Verb
campaign (third-person singular simple present campaigns, present participle campaigning, simple past and past participle campaigned)
- (intransitive) To take part in a campaign.
- (transitive) Consistently ride in races for a racing season.
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Anagrams
- pangamic, panmagic