campaign

Meanings

Noun

• A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.
• The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.
• An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills; a champaign.
• An excursion into the countryside.

Verb

• To take part in a campaign.
• Consistently ride in races for a racing season.

Origin

• From French campagne, from Italian campagna ("field, military operation"), from Late Latin campānia ("open country, battlefield"), from Latin campus ("field"). campagna, and champagne.