campus

CEFRB1

/ˈkæmpəs/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The buildings and grounds of a school, college, or university.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An institution of higher education and its ambiance.

Examples

  • My school is getting ready for the campus music festival.

  • Our campus festival is to be held next week.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈkænpəs/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To confine (a student) to campus as a punishment.

  2. The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To use a campus board, or to climb without feet as one would on a campus board.

More examples

In context

  • During the late 1960s, many an American campus was in a state of turmoil.

  • The campus is sixty hectares in size.

  • be on campus

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Origin

noun

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