HOW TO PRONOUNCE
campus
/ˈkæmpəs/
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What does campus mean?
noun
- The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.
- An institution of higher education and its ambiance.
verb
- To confine (a student) to campus as a punishment.
More meanings (1)
verb
- 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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In ancient Rome, the exercises of the Campus Martius answered the same purpose with those of the Gymnasium in ancient Greece.
Especially for me, because it was so awfully different from the asylum--I feel like an escaped convict every time I leave the campus.
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To Neptune, as the "Father of Streams," the Romans erected a temple in the Campus Martius and held games and feasts in his honour.
It was growing dark when she reached the university campus.
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.