precampaign

English

Alternative forms

• pre-campaign

Etymology

From pre- +‎ campaign.

Adjective

precampaign (not comparable)

1. Before a campaign.
   • 2008 February 24, Eleanor Randolph, “It’s Law & Order”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Reruns revive the old Fred Thompson in all his precampaign savvy.

Noun

precampaign (plural precampaigns)

1. A campaign that takes place in advance of the main campaign.
   • 2005, Russell Crandall, Guadalupe Paz, Riordan Roett, Mexico's Democracy at Work: Political and Economic Dynamics:

     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 […]

Translations

Translations

• French: précampagne (fr) f, pré-campagne (fr) f
• Galician: precampaña (gl) f
• German: Vorwahlkampf (de) m
• Italian: pre-campagna f
• Portuguese: pré-campanha f
• Spanish: precampaña f