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campus

/ˈkæmpəs/

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What does campus mean?

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.
More meanings (1)

verb

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

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈkæmpəs/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈkænpəs/
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In ancient Rome, the exercises of the Campus Martius answered the same purpose with those of the Gymnasium in ancient Greece.
Adam SmithAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3300
Especially for me, because it was so awfully different from the asylum--I feel like an escaped convict every time I leave the campus.
Jean WebsterDaddy-Long-LegsProject Gutenberg ebook #157
More book examples (3)
To Neptune, as the "Father of Streams," the Romans erected a temple in the Campus Martius and held games and feasts in his honour.
Alexander Francis ChamberlainThe Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-DayProject Gutenberg ebook #7966
It was growing dark when she reached the university campus.
Willa CatherO Pioneers!Project Gutenberg ebook #24
The next day, going down into the Campus Martius, he met the boys resuming from their gymnastic exercises, and the first was he, just as he had appeared to him in his dream.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674