campaignnoun [ C ]
uk/kæmˈpeɪn/us/kæmˈpeɪn/C1 a planned group of especially political, business, or military activities that are intended to achieve a particular aim:
The protests were part of their campaign against the proposed building development in the area.
This is the latest act of terrorism in a long-standing and bloody campaign of violence.
The endless public appearances are an inevitable part of an election campaign.
She's the campaign organizer for the Labour Party.
The government have just launched (= begun) their annual Christmas campaign to stop drunken driving.
a controversial new advertising campaign
C1 a group of connected actions or movements that forms part of a war:
a bombing campaign
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- We've received a lot of expressions of support for our campaign.
- We seem to have forgotten why we're fighting this campaign.
- We have planned an exciting publicity campaign with our advertisers.
- The campaign is aimed specifically at young people.
- They've been waging a long campaign to change the law.
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Plans and arrangements
- appointed
- arrangement
- blueprint
- bottom-up
- card
- design
- game plan
- have a card up your sleeve idiom
- intention
- itinerary
- lock
- lock-in
- planning
- policy-making
- preparation
- programme
- project
- road map
- specification
- strategy
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War
campaignverb [ I ]
uk/kæmˈpeɪn/us/kæmˈpeɪn/C1 to organize a series of activities to try to achieve something:
[ + to infinitive ] They've been campaigning for years to get him out of prison.
He's spending a lot of his time at the moment campaigning for/on behalf of the Conservative Party.
They're busy campaigning against the building of a new motorway near here.
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- They campaign for the rights of the unborn child.
- We campaigned on a platform of low taxation.
- She has campaigned relentlessly for her husband's release from prison.
- She campaigned for women's rights during the 1960s.
- The group is campaigning to get more women into politics.
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Managing and organizing
- act
- administer
- administration
- bureaucracy
- bureaucratic
- central
- head sth up
- in hand idiom
- kaizen
- manage
- management
- mind the store idiom
- run the show idiom
- running
- shakedown
- square
- square sth/sb away
- stage
- stage-manage
- stewardship
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