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How to spell campaign

Campaign is spelled C-A-M-P-A-I-G-N.

What it means: A series of actions to achieve a goal.

In a sentence: We joined the campaign to clean up the park. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for a silent g.

Same family: campaigns, campaigner, campaigning, campaigned, movement. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Campaign” comes from the French word “campagne,” meaning “open country,” which originally referred to military operations carried out in the field. Over time, the word broadened to include organized efforts for political, social, or advertising goals.

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