English Explanatory Dictionary

campus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.
  2. An institution of higher education and its ambiance.
verb
  1. To confine (a student) to campus as a punishment.
  2. To use a campus board, or to climb without feet as one would on a campus board.

Pronunciation

/ˈkæmpəs/ /ˈkæmpʊs/ /ˈkænpəs/ En-us-campus.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-campus.wav

Word forms

campus campuses campusses campi campusing campussing campused campussed

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of camp and champ. First used in its current sense in reference to Princeton University in the 1770s.

Related words

camp campi champerty

Derived words

big man on campus campus carry campuslike campuswide closed campus intercampus intracampus megacampus multicampus noncampus off-campus on-campus satellite campus
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