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CAMPAIGN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa)

Synonyms:

campaign; hunting expedition; safari

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("campaign" is a kind of...):

expedition (a journey organized for a particular purpose)

Domain region:

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

Example:

contributed to the war effort

Synonyms:

campaign; cause; crusade; drive; effort; movement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("campaign" is a kind of...):

venture (any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "campaign"):

ad blitz; ad campaign; advertising campaign (an organized program of advertisements)

anti-war movement (a campaign against entering or continuing a war)

charm campaign (a campaign of flattery and friendliness (by a company, politician, etc.) to become more popular and gain support)

consumerism (a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers)

campaigning; candidacy; candidature; electioneering; political campaign (the campaign of a candidate to be elected)

fund-raising campaign; fund-raising drive; fund-raising effort (a campaign to raise money for some cause)

feminism; feminist movement; women's lib; women's liberation movement (the movement aimed at equal rights for women)

gay lib; gay liberation movement (the movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression)

lost cause (a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable)

reform (a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices)

war (a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious)

youth crusade; youth movement (political or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people)

Derivation:

campaign (exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints)

Synonyms:

campaign; military campaign

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("campaign" is a kind of...):

military operation; operation (activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign))

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "campaign"):

expedition; hostile expedition; military expedition (a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country)

Instance hyponyms:

Dardanelles; Dardanelles campaign (the unsuccessful campaign in World War I (1915) by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia; defeated by the Turks)

Okinawa; Okinawa campaign (a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting United States marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans)

Petersburg; Petersburg Campaign (the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee)

Wilderness Campaign (American Civil War; a series of indecisive battles in Grant's campaign (1864) against Lee in which both armies suffered terrible losses)

Derivation:

campaign (go on a campaign; go off to war)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A race between candidates for elective office

Example:

he is raising money for a Senate run

Synonyms:

campaign; political campaign; run

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("campaign" is a kind of...):

race (any competition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "campaign"):

campaign for governor; governor's race (a race for election to the governorship)

senate campaign; senate race (a race for election to the senate)

Derivation:

campaign (run, stand, or compete for an office or a position)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Go on a campaign; go off to war

Synonyms:

campaign; take the field

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

"Campaign" entails doing...:

war (make or wage war)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "campaign"):

crusade (go on a crusade; fight a holy war)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

campaign (several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Run, stand, or compete for an office or a position

Example:

Who's running for treasurer this year?

Synonyms:

campaign; run

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "campaign" is one way to...):

race; run (compete in a race)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "campaign"):

stump (travel through a district and make political speeches)

rerun (run again for office)

whistlestop (tour the country in order to solicit votes for an election)

cross-file; register (have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

campaign (a race between candidates for elective office)

campaigner (a politician who is running for public office)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for

Example:

The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate

Synonyms:

agitate; campaign; crusade; fight; press; push

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "campaign" is one way to...):

advertise; advertize; promote; push (make publicity for; try to sell (a product))

Verb group:

advertise; advertize; promote; push (make publicity for; try to sell (a product))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

campaign (a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end)

Credits

 Context examples: 

One of the largest observing campaigns to date using data from a world-wide array of telescopes, have revealed this frozen, dimly lit world.

(Super-Earth Discovered Around Barnard's Star, ESO)

During its first observing campaign, K2 trained its gaze on a patch of sky in the constellation Virgo, measuring the minuscule change in brightness of the distant white dwarf.

(K2 Finds Dead Star Vaporizing a Mini 'Planet', NASA)

The Plains Elevated Convection at Night (PECAN) field campaign will involve scientists, students and support staff from eight research laboratories and 14 universities.

(Scientists tackle mystery of thunderstorms that strike at night, NSF)

An infrared image captured during their observing campaign in January, February and May of 2017 clearly shows hot spots near the poles, where Jupiter's auroras are.

(Jupiter's Atmosphere Heats up under Solar Wind, NASA)

The primary mission includes five "deep-dip" campaigns, in which MAVEN's periapsis, or lowest orbit altitude, will be lowered from 93 miles (150 kilometers) to about 77 miles (125 kilometers).

(Mars Mission Spacecraft Enters Orbit around Red Planet, NASA)

Among the first observations to come out of their campaign is a stunning new image of Betelgeuse’s surface, taken late last year with the SPHERE instrument.

(ESO Telescope Sees Surface of Dim Betelgeuse, ESO)

I understood that he had opened his campaign against Charles Augustus Milverton, but I little dreamed the strange shape which that campaign was destined to take.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It combines data from NASA's Bromide, Ozone, and Mercury Experiment (BROMEX) field campaign, NASA's Operation IceBridge flights, and instrumented buoys and ice floes staffed by Soviet scientists from the 1950s through the 1990s.

(Snow cover on Arctic Sea ice has thinned 30 to 50 percent, NASA)

Twelve of the 14 restaurants that provided voluntary menu labelling were in the top 50 restaurants by sales – larger chains may come under more scrutiny from governments, the media, campaign groups and the public to provide both menu labelling and healthier options.

(Menu labelling linked to less fat and salt in food, University of Cambridge)

I never in my life saw men so careless of the morrow; hand to mouth is the only word that can describe their way of doing; and what with wasted food and sleeping sentries, though they were bold enough for a brush and be done with it, I could see their entire unfitness for anything like a prolonged campaign.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)