campus

A2 Topic:Education & Learning

US /ˈkæmpəs/ UK /ˈkæmpəs/ See IPA manual

Freq #4967

Meanings

1

noun
The grounds and buildings of a university, college, or school.

The university campus has a library, several cafes, and a sports center.
2

noun
A university or college seen as a place and community of student life.

During the late 1960s, many an American campus was in a state of unrest.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms campuses

Derived forms campuslikecampuswideintercampusintracampusmegacampusmulticampusnoncampusoff-campuson-campus

Related forms campcampichamperty

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Phrases (1)

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on campus
within the grounds or buildings of a college or university

Preposition + noun

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.

*kh₂em- Proto-Indo-European campus Latin

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Topics

Education & Learning

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# campus

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkæmpəs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkæmpəs/
**Frequency rank:** 4967

## Meanings
1. The grounds and buildings of a university, college, or school.
2. A university or college seen as a place and community of student life.

## Examples
- The university campus has a library, several cafes, and a sports center.
- During the late 1960s, many an American campus was in a state of unrest.

## Derived Forms
- campuslike
- campuswide
- intercampus
- intracampus
- megacampus
- multicampus
- noncampus
- off-campus
- on-campus

## Related Forms
- camp
- campi
- champerty

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *kh₂em-
- Root: campus

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Campus was borrowed from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of camp and champ. First used in its current sense in reference to Princeton University in the 1770s.

## Topics
- Education & Learning

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