campaigning

3 definitions • 6 examples

present participle of

to organize a series of activities to try to achieve something:

[ + to infinitive ] They've been campaigning for years to get him out of prison.

campaign for He's spending a lot of his time at the moment campaigning for the Conservative Party.

The newspaper has been campaigning hard on behalf of its readers.

campaign against They're busy campaigning against the building of a new motorway near here.

to enter a horse, boat, etc. in a race or competition:

She is campaigning several young horses and two advanced horses.

Only 49 clubs from all over the world have campaigned boats in pursuit of yachting's greatest goal, the America's Cup.