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campus

[ kam-puhs ]

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.


campus

/ ˈæə /

noun

  1. the grounds and buildings of a university
  2. the outside area of a college, university, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of campus1

1765–75, Americanism; < Latin: flat place, field, plain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of campus1

C18: from Latin: field
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Hundreds of students and community members came to Loyola’s campus Sunday night for a prayer vigil.

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Levi’s friends and classmates showered him with tributes both online and at a prayer vigil hosted on Loyola High’s campus Sunday night.

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The principal invited the Loyola school family to a prayer vigil on campus Sunday evening.

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Butts said there wasn’t a clear motive for the shooting, but noted Figueroa has been employed at the Inglewood campus for a short time as an unarmed security guard.

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A 9mm shell casing was recovered from the campus, he said.

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