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campus
[kam-puhs]
noun
plural
campusesthe grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
a college or university.
The large influx of older students radically changed many campuses throughout the country.
a division of a university that has its own grounds, buildings, and faculty but is administratively joined to the rest of the university.
the world of higher education.
Foundation grants have had a marked effect on the character of the American campus.
a large, usually suburban, landscaped business or industrial site.
campus
/ ˈæə /
noun
the grounds and buildings of a university
the outside area of a college, university, etc
Other Word Forms
- intercampus adjective
- noncampus adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of campus1
Word History and Origins
Origin of campus1
Example Sentences
As I started to get a little older, I remember playing on campus at Cal Berkeley with a ragtag group of guys — a local dance kind of thing for the students.
“It’s not enough that they’ve spent weeks violently ambushing people, now ICE and CBP agents are allegedly entering school campuses, pulling down their pants, and urinating on playgrounds,” she said.
These include enhanced surveillance around campuses, new awareness campaigns and rehabilitation programmes for students, along with Zumba lessons.
The policies govern all campuses, medical centers, the Agriculture and Natural Resources division and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
But today, quarters are largely a relic, with roughly 50 campuses nationwide using them — compared to nearly 150 in the mid-1990s — according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
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