You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for May 12.

International Nurses Day 

Today’s word is campaign, spelled c-a-m-p-a-i-g-n.

campaign / kæmˈpeɪn/ noun [countable]

a series of battles, attacks etc intended to achieve a particular result in a war

the bombing campaign

Tolstoy’s War and Peace

campaign ●●○ verb [intransitive]

to lead or take part in a series of actions intended to achieve a particular social or political result

Women campaigned for equal pay and equal rights throughout the 1960s.

Amnesty International has long campaigned against flogging for whatever crime.

a time when women were campaigning for the right to vote

Former Second Lady Jill Biden is scheduled to campaign in Minnesota on Saturday, making her second stop in the state since her husband secured the Democratic nomination.

— Katie Galioto, Star Tribune, "Trump claims credit for jobs, touts mining, pipelines, at rally in Duluth, Minnesota," 1 Oct. 2020

With your word of the day, I’m Mohammad Golpayegani.

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