race - any competition; "the race for the presidency"

campaign for governor, governor's race - a race for election to the governorship

senate campaign, senate race - a race for election to the senate

venture - any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome

ad blitz, ad campaign, advertising campaign - an organized program of advertisements

anti-war movement - a campaign against entering or continuing a war

consumerism - a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers

campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign - the campaign of a candidate to be elected

ecumenical movement - a movement among Protestant groups aimed at universal Christian unity

fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort - a campaign to raise money for some cause

feminist movement, women's lib, women's liberation movement, feminism - the movement aimed at equal rights for women

gay lib, gay liberation movement - the movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression

lost cause - a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable

reform - a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians"

war - a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious; "the war on poverty"; "the war against crime"

youth crusade, youth movement - political or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people

military operation, operation - activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign); "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force"

expedition, hostile expedition, military expedition - a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country

Dardanelles campaign, Dardanelles - the unsuccessful campaign in World War I (1915) by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia; defeated by the Turks

Okinawa campaign, Okinawa - a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting United States marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans

Petersburg, Petersburg Campaign - the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee

Wilderness Campaign - American Civil War; a series of indecisive battles in Grant's campaign (1864) against Lee in which both armies suffered terrible losses

armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

expedition - a journey organized for a particular purpose

Africa - the second largest continent; located south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean

race, run - compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first"

stump - travel through a district and make political speeches; "the candidate stumped the Northeast"

rerun - run again for office; "Bush wants to rerun in 1996"

whistlestop - tour the country in order to solicit votes for an election

cross-file, register - have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties

advertize, advertise, promote, push - make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"

advertize, advertise, promote, push - make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"

crusade - go on a crusade; fight a holy war