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campaign
What does campaign mean?
campaign (noun): a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce campaign?
/kæmˈpeɪn/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does campaign come from?
From French campagne, from Italian campagna (“field, military operation”), from Late Latin campānia (“open country, battlefield”), from Latin campus (“field”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of campaign?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “campaign” mean?
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
Not quite: that's what character means.
a feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something
Not quite: that's what pity means.
the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
Not quite: that's what dialect means.
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
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Which word is closest in meaning to “campaign”?
country
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company
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control
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crusade
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