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campus

Pronunciation: /ˈkæmpəs/

The English word “campus” has 4 meanings listed here.

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

Etymology

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

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