NOUN | event | campaign, political campaign, run | a race between candidates for elective office |
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act | campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort | a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end | |
act | campaign, military campaign | several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) | |
act | campaign, hunting expedition, safari | an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa) | |
VERB | competition | campaign, run | run, stand, or compete for an office or a position |
social | campaign, crusade, fight, press, push, agitate | exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person | |
competition | campaign, take the field | go on a campaign |
Sounds | kaempey'n | |
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Rhymes | abstain ... windowpane: 127 rhymes with eyn... |
Meaning | A race between candidates for elective office. | |
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Example | "I managed his campaign for governor" | |
Synonyms | political campaign, run | |
Narrower | governor's race, campaign for governor | A race for election to the governorship |
senate campaign, senate race | A race for election to the senate | |
Broader | race | Any competition |
Spanish | campaña electoral, campaña | |
Catalan | campanya electoral | |
Verbs | campaign | run, stand, or compete for an office or a position |
Meaning | Several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints). | |
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Synonym | military campaign | |
Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
Instances | Dardanelles, Dardanelles campaign | The unsuccessful campaign in World War I (1915) by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia |
Okinawa, Okinawa campaign | A campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945) | |
Petersburg, Petersburg Campaign | The final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65) | |
Wilderness Campaign | American Civil War | |
Narrower | expedition, military expedition, hostile expedition | A military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country |
Broader | operation, military operation | Activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign) |
Spanish | campaña | |
Catalan | campanya | |
Verbs | campaign | go on a campaign |
Meaning | An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa). | |
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Synonyms | hunting expedition, safari | |
Region | Africa | The second largest continent |
Broader | expedition | A journey organized for a particular purpose |
Spanish | campaña, expedición de casa, expedición de caza, expedición, safari | |
Catalan | safari |
Meaning | Run, stand, or compete for an office or a position. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonym | run | |
Narrower | cross-file, register | Have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties |
rerun | Run again for office | |
stump | Travel through a district and make political speeches | |
whistlestop | tour the country in order to solicit votes for an election | |
Broader | race, run | compete in a race |
Spanish | hacer campaña | |
Nouns | campaign | a race between candidates for elective office |
campaigner | a politician who is running for public office |
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. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | crusade, fight, press, push, agitate | |
Broader | advertise, advertize, promote, push | make publicity for |
Similar to | advertise, advertize, promote, push | make publicity for |
Spanish | agitar, cruzar, hacer campaña, pulsar | |
Nouns | campaign | a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end |
Meaning | go on a campaign; go off to war. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonym | take the field | |
Entails | war | make or wage war |
Narrower | crusade | go on a crusade |
Nouns | campaign | several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) |
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