campus

[kam-puhs]

noun

plural

campuses 

1. the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.

2. a college or university.

   The large influx of older students radically changed many campuses throughout the country.

3. a division of a university that has its own grounds, buildings, and faculty but is administratively joined to the rest of the university.

4. the world of higher education.

   Foundation grants have had a marked effect on the character of the American campus.

5. a large, usually suburban, landscaped business or industrial site.

campus

/ ˈkæmpəs /

noun

1. the grounds and buildings of a university

2. the outside area of a college, university, etc

Other Word Forms

• intercampus adjective
• noncampus adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of campus¹

1765–75, < Latin: flat place, field, plain

Word History and Origins

Origin of campus¹

C18: from Latin: field

Example Sentences

“I’m incredibly impressed with a lot of the work he’s done,” said Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, whom Crow has hosted on campus.

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Still, the institution endured, its grassy campus and low-slung wings perched proudly on the east end of town.

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“These qualities of interdependence and willingness to be changed are like the medicine that campuses need,” Sawyer said.

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Located five miles from Disneyland on the campus that once housed televangelist Robert Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral Ministries, the Shroud of Turin Experience is Orange County’s newest tourist attraction with a Christian twist.

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Junior Joshua Ou was performing in a class that may seem unlikely in an era of fraught debate over what can and can’t be said on college campuses: “Introduction to Stand-Up Comedy.”

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