campus
To confine to campus as a punishmentTo confine (a student) to campus as a punishment.
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» Could you show me the campus?
Чи не могли б ви показати мені кампус? — rmdas
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesTo confine (a student) to campus as a punishment.
To use a campus board, or to climb without feet as one would on a campus board.
Examples
222 sentencesCould you show me the campus?
Чи не могли б ви показати мені кампус? — rmdas
Tom rented a place near the campus.
Том орендував квартиру біля університету. — deniko
I met her on campus yesterday.
deIch habe sie gestern auf dem Campus getroffen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
She showed me around the campus.
deSie hat mir den Campus gezeigt. — al_ex_an_der
Our university has a beautiful campus.
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
campuses, campusing, campused, campusedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
3 patterns- near the campus
- is on campus
- to the campus
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.