campus

American  

[kam-puhs] / ˈkæm pəs /

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.

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campus British  

/ ˈkæmpəs /

noun

1. the grounds and buildings of a university

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

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Other Word Forms

• intercampus adjective
• noncampus adjective

Etymology

Origin of campus

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

Example Sentences

A large group of anti-fascist protesters showed up to the conservative group’s event Monday on Berkeley’s famed Sproul Plaza, ground zero for the historic 1960s campus free speech movement.

From Los Angeles Times

Department of Veterans Affairs to build more than 2,500 units of housing on its West Los Angeles campus and invalidating a prestigious private school’s lease there.

From Los Angeles Times

Brown University researchers had 138 people at least twice visit a “bar” they built in a lab on the Providence campus.

From MarketWatch

The misinformation on some community college websites is a clerical problem that campuses have been asked to update, officials said.

From Los Angeles Times

Google and Intersect are currently constructing a co-located site — meaning that the data center and power plant are on the same campus — in Haskell County, Texas.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

• dorm
• square