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campaign

Syllabification: (cam·paign)

Pronunciation: /kamˈpān/

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Definition of campaign

noun

a series of military operations intended to achieve a particular objective, confined to a particular area, or involving a specified type of fighting:a desert campaign the air campaign the army set off on campaign
an organized course of action to achieve a particular goal:an advertising campaign an election campaign the campaign for a full inquiry into the regime [with infinitive]:his campaign to win the heart of a new woman

verb

[no object]

work in an organized and active way toward a particular goal, typically a political or social one:people who campaigned against child labor [with infinitive]:the services he had campaigned to protect

Origin:

early 17th century (denoting a tract of open country): from French campagne 'open country', via Italian from late Latin campania, from campus 'level ground' (see camp¹). The change in sense arose from an army's practice of “taking the field” (i.e., moving from a fortress or town to open country) at the onset of summer

Remember that campaign ends with -aign.

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