Meanings
adjectiveprecampaign (not comparable)
alternative pre-campaign
- not comparableBefore a campaign.
Reruns revive the old Fred Thompson in all his precampaign savvy.
2008 February 24, Eleanor Randolph, “It’s Law & Order”, in New York Times
nounprecampaign (plural precampaigns)
plural precampaigns · alternative pre-campaign
- A campaign that takes place in advance of the main campaign.
For example, current election laws remain silent about so-called precampaigns: the campaign activities that prospective candidates carry out ahead of the official campaign period […]
2005, Russell Crandall, Guadalupe Paz, Riordan Roett, Mexico's Democracy at Work: Political and Economic Dynamics
Origin
Translations
French précampagne, pré-campagne
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German Vorwahlkampf
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Italian pre-campagna
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Portuguese pré-campanha
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Spanish precampaña
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APA
precampaign. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precampaign
MLA
“precampaign.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precampaign. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “precampaign,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precampaign.
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