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Synonyms for campaign
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : kam-peyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : kæmˈpeɪn |
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Définition of campaign
Origin :- 1640s, "operation of an army in the field," from French campagne "campaign," literally "open country," from Old French champagne "countryside, open country" (suited to military maneuvers), from Late Latin campania "level country" (source of Italian campagna, Spanish campaña, Portuguese campanha), from Latin campus "a field" (see campus). Old armies spent winters in quarters and took to the "open field" to seek battle in summer. Extension of meaning from military to political is American English, 1809.
- noun attempt to win; attack
- verb attempt to win political election
- The three generals now held a council of war, to decide on a plan of campaign.
- Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
- He went to his grotto, and carefully thought out a plan of campaign.
- Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
- In 1877, when in campaign in Bulgaria, Alexander did not know what "nerves" meant.
- Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
- Condé and Turenne were after their campaign with the Imperialists at the height of their fame.
- Extract from : « Reflections » by Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld
- Declarations of love (during a campaign) to be submitted in writing.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 3, April 16, 1870 » by Various
- The Governor, after this, returned to New Orleans, there to wait the opening of the campaign.
- Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
- The campaign had almost come to a standstill owing to typhus.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
- Every period of his campaign ought to have been separately reported.
- Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
- The Dardanelles campaign was largely conceived and controlled by the Rt.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
- If Inkermann was "the soldier's battle," Gallipoli was the soldier's campaign.
- Extract from : « With Manchesters in the East » by Gerald B. Hurst
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