waged

Waged is the past tense and past participle of the verb wage. It describes the act of carrying on or engaging in a deliberate, sustained effort, most often in the realm of conflict or organized campaigns. Common phrases include wage war, wage a campaign, wage a battle, and wage a price war. The term implies ongoing activity over a period of time, and it appears in historical narratives, political analysis, and news reporting to characterize how authorities, groups, or nations conduct activities designed to achieve specific goals.

In present tense, the related verb form is wages (as in The country wages war), and the present participle is waging (The country is waging war). Waged is used with an object that names what is being conducted. The noun wage, by contrast, refers to compensation for work; although the two forms are etymologically related, they belong to different parts of speech and are not interchangeable in ordinary usage.

Usage notes: waged tends to appear in formal, narrative, or analytic writing. It can be used for military, political, or social campaigns, but is less common in everyday speech, where alternatives such as conduct, carry out, or start a campaign may be preferred.