campus

[ kam-puhs ]

noun

, plural cam·pus·es.

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

/ ˈkæmpəs /

noun

1. the grounds and buildings of a university
2. the outside area of a college, university, etc

Other Words From

• inter·campus adjective
• non·campus adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of campus¹

1765–75, Americanism; < Latin: flat place, field, plain

Word History and Origins

Origin of campus¹

C18: from Latin: field

Example Sentences

They’ll need to get school districts to give them the go-ahead to come back on to campus and run the programs.

From Voice of San Diego

The student’s entire class had to stay away from campus for two weeks and the virus did not spread.

From Voice of San Diego

Harvard has made it clear that most students will not be returning to campus, while others, like Oklahoma University, have allowed all students to return, with in-person coursework.

From Ozy

Fortunately, there are movements underway to ban proctoring software and ban face recognition technologies on campuses, as well as congressional bills to ban the US federal government from using face recognition.

From MIT Technology Review

First, state licensing officials need to agree to expand the hours during which the program is allowed to operate on school campuses.

From Voice of San Diego

Ignoring people you hooked up with at Shooters when encountering them on campus is a quintessential Duke experience.

From The Daily Beast

My parents were thrilled with my choice, even though I had never even paid the campus a visit during the application process.

From The Daily Beast

The episode that aired before it, which involved a campus rape victim, was highly controversial.

From The Daily Beast

A hard look at campus rape statistics, the collapse of The New Republic and the day John Lennon died.

From The Daily Beast

I spoke first with Scott Ellman, a student at Wesleyan University and now the Huffington Post editor-at-large for his campus.

From The Daily Beast

And then the cadets marched around and across the campus, waving their firebrands, and singing and cheering lustily.

From Project Gutenberg

The shaded green lawns of the campus between Dare and Hoskin Halls were crossed by winding paths.

From Project Gutenberg

Ahead were the two big dormitories upon this side of the campus—Dare and Dorrance Halls.

From Project Gutenberg

It was opposite the gymnasium, under the wide-spreading oaks that gave shade to that quarter of the campus.

From Project Gutenberg

So we strolled over the campus and she showed me the sights, while those funeral beasts champed their bits at so much per hour.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• dorm
• square