ETYM French campagne, Italian campagna, from Latin Campania the level country about Naples, from campus field. Related to Camp, Champaign, Champagne.
1. A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; SYN. cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort.
2. An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa); SYN. hunting expedition, safari.
3. Several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints); SYN. military campaign.

1. To go on a campaign; go off to war; SYN. take the field.
2. To run or stand for office; SYN. run.