Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to campaign
Participle: campaigned
Gerund: campaigning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | campaign |
| you | campaign |
| he;she;it | campaigns |
| we | campaign |
| you | campaign |
| they | campaign |
Perfect
| I | have campaigned |
| you | have campaigned |
| he;she;it | has campaigned |
| we | have campaigned |
| you | have campaigned |
| they | have campaigned |
Past
| I | campaigned |
| you | campaigned |
| he;she;it | campaigned |
| we | campaigned |
| you | campaigned |
| they | campaigned |
Pluperfect
| I | had campaigned |
| you | had campaigned |
| he;she;it | had campaigned |
| we | had campaigned |
| you | had campaigned |
| they | had campaigned |
Future
| I | will campaign |
| you | will campaign |
| he;she;it | will campaign |
| we | will campaign |
| you | will campaign |
| they | will campaign |
Future Perfect
| I | will have campaigned |
| you | will have campaigned |
| he;she;it | will have campaigned |
| we | will have campaigned |
| you | will have campaigned |
| they | will have campaigned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | campaign |
| you | campaign |
| he;she;it | campaign |
| we | campaign |
| you | campaign |
| they | campaign |
Perfect
| I | have campaigned |
| you | have campaigned |
| he;she;it | have campaigned |
| we | have campaigned |
| you | have campaigned |
| they | have campaigned |
Imperfect
| I | campaigned |
| you | campaigned |
| he;she;it | campaigned |
| we | campaigned |
| you | campaigned |
| they | campaigned |
Pluperfect
| I | had campaigned |
| you | had campaigned |
| he;she;it | had campaigned |
| we | had campaigned |
| you | had campaigned |
| they | had campaigned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would campaign |
| you | would campaign |
| he;she;it | would campaign |
| we | would campaign |
| you | would campaign |
| they | would campaign |
Perfect
| I | would have campaigned |
| you | would have campaigned |
| he;she;it | would have campaigned |
| we | would have campaigned |
| you | would have campaigned |
| they | would have campaigned |
Imperative
| you | campaign |
| we | Let's campaign |
| you | campaign |
Verbs conjugated like 'campaign'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'campaign'
amain,
arraign,
captain,
caption,
champagne,
champion,
companion,
complain,
darraign,
outcampaign,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From French campagne, from Italian campagna (“field, military operation”), from Late Latin campānia (“open country, battlefield”), from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of campania, campagna, and champagne.
Sample Sentences
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She campaigned for better social security.
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But the purported rise in violent videos online has led some MPs to campaign for courts to have more power to remove or block material on YouTube. The Labour MP Heidi Alexander said she was appalled after a constituent was robbed at knifepoint, and the attackers could be found brandishing weapons and rapping about gang violence online. [2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 08 May 2025:]
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Donald Trump is shifting gears as the Iowa caucuses draw closer, taking a more active approach to campaigning in the Hawkeye State in order to quash any possibility that one of his primary rivals could catch up to him there. [2023 September 20, Daniel Strauss, Kate Sullivan, Kristen Holmes, “Trump ramps up attention on Iowa even as he keeps one eye on the general election”, in CNN, archived from the original on 16 Oct 2023:]
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After modifying her for ocean racing, he campaigned her for three years, and in 1975, donated her to the U.S. Naval Academy. [1983 May, “Jack King: Merrythought”, in Yachting, volume 153, number 5, page 110:]
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The "more curious" were the affluent planters who bred and campaigned race horses in quarter races, the only form of racing practiced in the Virginia colony during the first 125 years of its existence. [1983, Alexander Mackay-Smith, The colonial quarter race horse, page 14:]
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Holman & Moody built more Mustangs than just the Mickey Thompson cars. One in that number was this red 302-powered 1969 Sportsroof. It was campaigned by David Pearson and Bobby Allison during the 1969 through 1972 seasons. [2002, John Albert Craft, Mustang Race Cars, →ISBN, page 124:]
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Ron campaigned the car for a couple seasons before selling it to Mark Danekas (Danekas blowers), who ran the car himself briefly before putting it on the market once again. [2014, Doug Boyce, chapter 1, in Drag Racing's Quarter-Mile Warriors: Then & Now, page 31:]