campus
/ˈkæmpəs//ˈkæmpəs/
campus noun: the grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.
Noun
campus (plural campuses or campusses or (nonstandard) campi)
- The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.
- The campus is sixty hectares in size.
- be on campus
- An institution of higher education and its ambiance.
- During the late 1960s, many an American campus was in a state of turmoil.
Verb
campus (third-person singular simple present campuses or campusses, present participle campusing or campussing, simple past and past participle campused or campussed)
- To confine (a student) to campus as a punishment.
- They hold sessions regularly and “campus” women for staying out late—and they do their best campussing at those times when they are sleepiest and meanest from being out until three and four themselves the night before.1932, The Syllabus, volume 48, page 444
- A secondary punishment was ‘campussing’, or confinement to a campus; and for the most trivial offences the treatment was a withering harangue from Mrs Wilmington, sometimes lasting for over an hour.1955, The Twentieth Century, volume 157, page 278
- To use a campus board, or to climb without feet as one would on a campus board.
- It is climbed or "campused" with only your arms and hands.2010, Stewart M. Green, Ian Spencer-Green, Knack Rock Climbing: A Beginner’s Guide, page 30
- Boulder campusing is a popular indoor training exercise among advanced climbers—it's also a heck of a lot of fun if you're strong enough to do it right!2016, Eric Horst, The Rock Climber's Exercise Guide, page 159
campus meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
campus in Hindi
- grounds or property of a school, etc.
- परिसर parisar, प्रांगण prāṅgaṇ
campus in Tamil
- வளாகம்
campus in Marathi
- कॅम्पस
campus in Urdu
- کیمپس
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- campus in Bengali
- বিদ্যায়তন
- campus in Telugu
- క్యాంపస్, ప్రాంగణం
- campus in Malayalam
- കോളേജ് വളപ്പ്, സർവ്വകലാശാലാ പരിസരം, കലാശാലാ വളപ്പോ കെട്ടിടങ്ങളോ
- campus in Kannada
- ಕಲಿಮನೆಯಂಗಳ, ಮೈದಾನ, ಬಯಲು, ಆವರಣ
- campus in Punjabi
- ਕੈਂਪਸ
- campus in Gujarati
- કેમ્પસ
- campus in Odia
- କ୍ଯ଼ାମ୍ପସ, କ୍ଯ଼ାମ୍ପସ୍
- campus in Nepali
- क्याम्पस, परिसर
- campus in Arabic
- حَرَم اَلْجَامِعَة ḥaram al-jāmiʕa
- campus in Malay
- kampus
- campus in Indonesian
- kampus
- campus in Persian
- پردیس pardis
- campus in Thai
- วิทยาเขต wít-tá-yaa-kèet
- campus in Vietnamese
- khuôn viên, khu học xá, sân trường, cơ sở
Examples of campus in a sentence
- The suspect is thought to still be on the campus.
- My class is over on ag campus.
- The suspect is now believed to be off the campus.
Forms of campus
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | campuses |
| plural | campusses |
| plural (nonstandard) | campi |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | campuses |
| third-person singular present | campusses |
| present participle | campusing |
| present participle | campussing |
| past participle | campused |
| past | campused |
| past participle | campussed |
| past | campussed |
Origin of campus
Borrowed from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of camp and champ. First used in its current sense in reference to Princeton University in the 1770s.
Words formed from campus
Phrases with campus
Questions about campus
- What does campus mean?
- Campus means the grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.
- What is campus in Hindi?
- Campus in Hindi is परिसर (parisar), प्रांगण (prāṅgaṇ). See Campus meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is campus?
- Campus can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce campus?
- Campus is pronounced /ˈkæmpəs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of campus?
- The plural of campus is campuses.
Words near campus in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: campus (page history and authors); campus (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); campus (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); campus (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); campus (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); campus (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); campus (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); campus (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); campus (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); campus (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); campus (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); campus (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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