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noun/kæmˈpeɪn//kəmˈpeɪn/
  1. 1

    A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.

    • an election campaign
    • a military campaign
  2. 2

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

    • His campaign for Hampshire was very good.
  3. 3

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

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

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

  6. 6

    An excursion into the countryside.obsolete

verb/kæmˈpeɪn//kəmˈpeɪn/
  1. 1

    To take part in a campaign.intransitive

    • She campaigned for better social security.
  2. 2

    To consistently ride in races for a racing season.transitive

    • 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.

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