Meaning

2 senses
  1. (often)The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.

    The campus is sixty hectares in size.

    be on campus

    Campus, Universitätsgelände, Unigelände

    ка́мпусkámpus

    ка́мпусkámpus

  2. An institution of higher education and its ambiance.

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

    ка́мпусkámpus

More definitions
  • a field on which the buildings of a university are situated

Examples

222 sentences
  1. Could you show me the campus?

    Чи не могли б ви показати мені кампус? — rmdas

  2. Tom rented a place near the campus.

    Том орендував квартиру біля університету. — deniko

  3. I met her on campus yesterday.

    deIch habe sie gestern auf dem Campus getroffen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. She showed me around the campus.

    deSie hat mir den Campus gezeigt. — al_ex_an_der

  5. Our university has a beautiful campus.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
grounds or property of a school, etc.:
Русский
By meaning 1
grounds or property of a school, etc.:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
grounds or property of a school, etc.:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of camp and champ.

Borrowed from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of camp and champ.

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Forms

plural: campuses / campusses
Singularcampus
Pluralcampuses / campusses

regular

Word family

14 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • near the campus
  • is on campus
  • to the campus

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
campus — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto